Descripes 7 European Union education projects and the resources available for your use.

1. These projects have been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein." E uropean Union Projects (Languages) 2006 - 2009 ARGuing for Multilingual Motivation in Web 2.0 Autonomous language learning Tools for Online & Offline Learning Lullabies from the Cradle Don’t Give Up! Chain Stories Educomics

2. ARGuing for Multilingual Motivation in Web 2.0 http://www.arg-education.eu Dual Missions : To motivate secondary language learners to gain an interest and understanding in learning languages To bridge the Web 2.0 technology divide between students and their teachers

4. Mission To build 4 and 5, A2 CEFR, LWULT language courses on a state-of-the-art blended learning platform Turkish Dutch Bulgarian Estonian Lithuanian Slovenian Romanian Maltese Hungarian

7. Dan-dini dan-dini dastana Into the garden the calves did stray. Gardener quickly chase them away. They will eat the cabbages without delay, Huuu- huuu- huuu Turkish – Dandini, Dandini

8. Tower of Babel Requirements Motivating Adult learners to complete their language courses http://www.dontgiveup.eu Up to 50% of adult language learners can drop out of their courses Don’t Give Up! has written a book with 48 Best Practices to inspire adult language learners to complete their courses

10. Motivating early language learning by asking 5 Romance language schools to write a Chain Story in their own language. http://www.chainstories.eu

11. Utilizing Intercomprehension Languages French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish Schools can make their own Chain Story using an autonomous web resource Tools available Communications, templates, dictionary, teacher and student guides, diaries Huge success with the students

12. To build a resource on ‘how’ to use digital comics in schools How to use digital comics in schools http :// www . educomics . org Mission

14. Contact for more: Joel Josephson (Dissemination expert) [email_address]