1. Adult education institution ‘DANTE’

2. About us...  Founded in 1991- first acknowledged language school in the city of Rijeka  Long experience and tradition in teaching adults  Promoting lifelong learning  Programmes verified by the Ministry of EducationRijeka, Croatia

3. About us...  250 students  18 staff members  8 classrooms (in two separate buildings)  Estudiante (school paper) - Can be found in the archives of The National Library and The University Library

4. We provide...  individual courses  group courses (general and business language)  translations

5. Languages...  English language  Italian language  German language  Russian language  Spanish language  Japanese language  Croatian language for foreigners

6. Methodology...  interactive classes  alternative methods (‘walk and talk’, film and music in classes, projects, games in class)  promoting team work and communication in class

7. Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes...  rewarded by the Agency for a contribution to raising communicative competence in foreign languages  professional development courses  contact seminars  Countries we have visited: Turkey, Norway, Italy, England, Ireland, Germany, Canary Islands, Malta, Cyprus etc.

8. Partnerships, projects, in-service training...  ‘An Interactive Language Adventure Across Europe’ (English language learners)  ‘Oltre’ (Italian language learners)  Learning and Teaching: ‘Interaction through Senses’ (in-service training)  two in preparation

10. ‘Oltre’  Evaluated as the third highest scored project in Europe  Objectives: - People over 50 years of age learn Italian language - Using ICT technology such as Facebook and e-mail to do so - exchanging letters every seven days and error checking

11. L&T: Interaction through senses...  ‘Dante’ is the first institution in Croatia to be the organizer and host of an in-service training  objectives of the course: - encourage teachers to develop students’ competencies in a natural way - introduce senses in the teaching process

12. L&T: Interaction through senses... - encourage teachers and students to rely on senses when learning, teaching and developing skills  reaching objectives through theoretical background and workshops  over 30 people applied for our course this summer