1. EU-Project: MICaLL Moderating Intercultural Collaboration & Language Learning

2. The MICaLL Project Socrates Project / Comenius 2.1 October 2004 - October 2007 Goal: Innovation of the Initial Training and Professional Development of Language Teachers Current partnership: 6 Countries, 15 Organisations

3. Development of Teacher Competences in: Promoting intercultural communicative competence Design and management of international collaborative curriculum projects

4. Results & Deliverables Course Project Modules : Pre- & In-service A web based portal site: tools for collaborative language learning An organisational structure for sustainable cooperation (school e-twinning)

5. Why MICaLL? Inspiration & Contexts

6. EU-policies & Instruments: - Education and Training 2010 - Action Plan for languages - CEFR, ELP Teacher Training - professional competences development - experiential, workplace-based learning - collaboration with schools: theory/practice Why MICaLL?

7. - Technology: 2 nd generation web tools: easy access / more interaction - Constructivism, Task & content based approaches Why MICaLL? Call & Pedagogy

8. Pedagogical Approach to Teacher Training (Source: Efa)

10. Wiki

11. LanguageQuest

13. ICC & classroom constraints: ’… The problem of teaching intercultural communication in the classroom is that it almost impossible to model experiential learning in role-plays. Internet projects where they have to co-operate, to work on a common goal with learners from other cultures could eventually replace role-plays and give the students the chance to experience authentic co-operation.’ Vogel (2001) Why MICaLL? Call & Pedagogy

14. Motivation & classroom constraints ‘ Only through international activities for which the foreign language needs to be used on a daily basis in natural conversational (including virtual / internet based) settings can the students be intrinsically motivated to keep using the language in the school setting.’ Kees de Bot quoted in (Marsh, 2002, p.31) Why MICaLL? Call & Pedagogy

15. Current generation of student teachers has not witnessed relevant model teacher behaviour EU-Conference 2004: ‘Improving Language Education’ Theme: Teacher Professionalism: –Closer cooperation between TT and schools –adoption of innovative teaching methods (e.g. use of media, international exchanges) –more cooperation and networking between teacher training organisations –promotion of life long learning and participation in in-service training (e.g. by using e-learning) Why MICaLL? Language Teacher Education

16. Teacher Ed. Curriculum Module collaborative e-projects: task-based CALL formats planned so far: - LanguageQuest - Weblog - Computer Mediated Dialogue (Chat,IM, MOO) - Tandem approach

17. Organisation of Project Activities

18. The MICaLL Portal Site Content Management System Based on Plone Open Source / Open Standards

19. Features of The Portal Site Member / Community based Role-related differentiation in rights and available functionality

20. MICaLL BlogPages

21. The Portal Site (2) Features of Workspaces for (student) teachers & trainers: - editors for task formats: LanguageQuest - communication & publication tools: Weblog, Forum, Chat, Doc etc. - virtual class- & project rooms:

22. MICaLL Workspace

23. Planning 2004 -2005 : - Professional development of team & schoolbased mentors - Portal website. Version 1.0 2005 – 2006 - Module Content development - Pilots / School try-outs 2006 – 2007 - Production of Handbook & In-service course - Projects in Teacher Ed. and Schools - Portal website. Version 2.0

24. EU-Project: MICaLL You are cordially invited to participate in our pilots and projects ! Towards a Pedagogy for Network-based Language Learning