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Title of the Project
Learning Languages on Rails
Brief description
People commuting from Riihimäki to Helsinki were offered an opportunity to study languages on train. Teaching was organized by the Civic Institute of Riihimäki of which method was emphasized on oral skills. Teaching was easily accessible to students. Teac
Country
Finland
Year
2003
Target Language
English, French, German, Swedish

THE INITIATIVE PROMOTER’S PERSPECTIVE

Background

People commuting from Riihimäki to Helsinki are offered an opportunity to study languages on train. Teaching, that is organized by the Civic Institute of Riihimäki, emphasizes oral skills. Learning is easily accessible for the students. Teachers have prepared their own teaching materials. Teaching, which has been most inspiring, is organized in a creative way. Studying in groups has been efficient.

Objectives

To give language learning opportunities for people using the commuting trains when going to work. To encourage and stimulate people to learn languages.

Approach

A practical and encouraging way to use the work trips for learning languages.

Results

Good learning results among the adult learners.

Why the European Language Label?

An innovative approach for language learning.

THE NELLIP NETWORK’S PERSPECTIVE

Consistency with European Policies in the field of Language Learning

Lifelong language learning

Informal language learning

Consistency with European, National and yearly priorities

Lifelong language learning

Informal language learning

THE NATIONAL AGENCY’S PERSPECTIVE

Motivations

The projects takes into account the adult learners' everyday demands in an innovative way. The impact and the usefulness of the project is significant. The teaching is offered in an easy way for the students. Good, tailormade learning material has been produced and the efficacy of the learning is of great importance.

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21 December 2014

Audio- video presentation of the NELLIP project

An audio- video presentation of the NELLIP project has been created and made available in the Information section of the NELLIP portal. To access the presentation please click here: http://nellip.pixel-online.org/IF_intro.php.