READY STUDY GO AHEAD! Linguistic and Cultural Coaching in Initial Vocational Education

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1 READY STUDY GO AHEAD! Linguistic and Cultural Coaching in Initial Vocational Education FI1-LEO

2 Project Information Title: Project Number: READY STUDY GO AHEAD! Linguistic and Cultural Coaching in Initial Vocational Education FI1-LEO Year: 2009 Project Type: Status: Marketing Text: Transfer of Innovation completed Ready-Study-Go! project produced on-line learning material to be used before an on-the-job learning period abroad and during this period. The material is intended for hotel, restaurant and bakery sectors. Ready-Study-Go-Ahead project transferred the innovation into vehicle sector and into new languages. The material consists of different writing, listening and pronunciation exercises and takes into consideration different learning styles and learners at different levels. Summary: READY-STUDY-GO-AHEAD ( ) followed the European Language Award 2008 winning Ready-Study-Go Leonardo Language project. RSG was a project which planned and created e-learning packages for language and cultural training for an on-the-job learning period. The project was initiated by Omnia. The languages were Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Italian in the first project. The materials created consist of general language training package related to each participating country s culture and of sector specific language and culture training packages. The sector specific language and cultural training material was developed for the hotel, restaurant and bakery sectors. The material consists of several different types of exercises combining professional and general vocabulary with cultural coaching and information on the work culture. Material supports different learning styles, visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic. The aim of the RSG-Ahead! ( ) was to transfer the innovation to 3 new languages Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. Project created general language package in these 3 languages and sector specific packages for hotel&tourism, kitchen and service in Spanish and Turkish. In addition the original innovation was transferred to the vehicle sector. The vehicle package was created for Estonian, Finnish, French, Swedish and German. As transfer of innovation,the old material was modified to be more user friendly. Material is intended to be used by vocational students to prepare for their on-the-job learning period, teachers and work place instructors. Also employees of the on-thejob learners' will be able to use the material in their personnel training. Partnership:The material is developed by teams of vocational and language teachers. This enables development of language teaching integrated with vocational content. The partners in the project are experts in their own field of education and key actors have solid experience in trans-national projects and also in the dissemination of the result of the project. Network consists of 10 educational partners in 8 countries: 4 who participated in RSG : Omnia, Alasin Media, CFA and ITT and 6 new partners: Kehtna, Istanbul EA Hotel and Restaurant School, Soltau, University of Alicante, Örebro and Lapin ammattiopisto. LAO will act as a monitoring partner in the project, monitoring the transferability of the innovation into Social and Health Care field. In addition we have 4 associated partners who will participate in dissemination and evaluation. Working language is English. Impact :The objective of the project was to improve language and cross-cultural skills of the people involved in vocational education. The tools, language and couching materials developed in RSG-Ahead project promotes mobility in Europe. Description: Students going abroad for their on-the-job learning period can learn the target language related to their profession and get to know the working culture in the target country. The students can also benefit from the material during their on-the-job learning period abroad. In addition to preparation the material is suitable to use in vocational language 2

3 Project Information teaching, guiding foreign trainees in a company and as well as self -learning material. Language and culture learning material was earlier produced in Italian, French, German, Finnish and Estonian languages. In Ready-Study-Go-Ahead new material was be produced in Spanish, Turkish and Swedish. Themes: Sectors: Product Types: Product information: *** Intercultural learning *** Lifelong learning *** Open and distance learning *** Language training *** Continuous training *** Initial training ** ICT ** Vocational guidance ** Equal opportunities * Utilization and distribution of results * Social dialog *** Transportation and Storage *** Accommodation and Food Service Activities *** Education ** Information and Communication material for open learning teaching material open and distance learning website General language and culture learning material. Materials are available in Finnish, French, Estonian, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. Sector specific language and culture learning materials are available for restaurant, bakery and hotel sectors and vehicle sector. Projecthomepage: The sector specific materials combine language learning with the working culture in each country. 3

4 Project Contractor Omnia, the Joint Authority of Education in Espoo Region City of Espoo Etelä-Suomi initial training Contact Person Address: Telephone: Fax: Seija Heikkinen P.O. Box City of Espoo

5 Coordinator Omnia, the Joint Authority of Education in Espoo Region City of Espoo Etelä-Suomi initial training Contact Person Address: Telephone: Fax: Seija Heikkinen P.O. Box City of Espoo

6 Partner Partner 1 Anatolian Hotel and Tourism Vocational High School Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki EL-Greece Partner 2 Institute of Technology Tralee South-West IE-Ireland Partner 3 University of Alicante Alicante Comunidad Valenciana ES-Spain university/fachhochschule/academy Partner 4 Fordonsutbildningar i Orebro Ab Mellersta Norrland SE-Sweden 6

7 Partner Partner 5 CFA La Chataigneraie Bassin Parisien FR-France Partner 6 Berufsbildende Schulen Soltau Bremen DE-Germany Partner 7 Lapin ammattiopisto/ Lapland Vocational College Pohjois-Suomi Partner 8 Kehtna Majandus- ja Tehnoloogikool/ Kehtna Economy and Techology School Eesti EE-Estonia 7

8 Partner Partner 9 Alasin Media Oy Länsi Suomi Partner 10 Autoalan Keskusliitto Ry - AKL Etelä-Suomi Partner 11 Association Nationale pour la formation Automobile Bassin Parisien FR-France Partner 12 Estonian Qualification Authority (Kutsekoda) Eesti EE-Estonia 8

9 Partner Partner 13 Audi Center Espoo Etelä-Suomi 9

10 Project Files ready_study_go_brochure_16.pdf Project brochure 10

11 Products

12 Product ' READY STUDY GO AHEAD! Linguistic and Cultural Coaching in Initial Vocational Title: Product Type: website Marketing Text: On the project website you can access all the material produced in the project. All the language and cultural learning materials are free of use on the website. Description: Target group: Students, teachers and who are interested in learning vocational language skills in cultural context. Result: Area of application: Language learning. Product Languages: Swedish Spanish German French Finnish Estonian English Turkish &prd=1 12