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Location
  
European Union

Website
  
www.travellingua.eu

Founder
  
European Commission

Established
  
on 1 November 2006 until 30 September 2008

Travellingua, also known as the Language and Culture Explorers’ Club, is a project which was supported by the European Commission under Socrates Lingua 1 (Promotion of Language Learning) action. The project was implemented from 1 November 2006 to 30 September 2008.

Contents

Outputs

The official website (www.travellingua.eu) has 5 main parts:

  1. LEARN: A linguistic part with the Phrase book and audio material in 5 languages (English, Lithuanian, Latvian, Danish and Swedish);
  2. EXPLORE: a part which gives basic information about 4 countries, their cultures and languages (Lithuania, Latvia, Denmark and Sweden);
  3. SHARE: a part where the material (phrase book and MP3 files) can be downloaded for free and learners share their knowledge and experience in language learning and travelling;
  4. CONSULT: a linguistic part where any learner can ask a general question about language learning or a specific language (Lithuanian, Latvian, Danish or Swedish) and get a professional answer from a linguist. Answers then are posted for the general public;
  5. CONTINUE STUDIES: a part which gives useful links (with free linguistic resources, EU-sponsored linguistic projects are presented among them) for those who decide to continue self-studying Lithuanian, Latvian, Danish or Swedish or to find more information about travelling.

Results

As a result of this project:

  • there will be more people having survival-level linguistic competence of the target languages and being able to use it while travelling or working abroad;
  • there will be more people self-studying other European languages (especially from the Germanic group);
  • less popular European countries and languages will be promoted.

    • Project coordinator

    Eurolingvija Training center
    Sauliu str. 21, LT-92233, Klaipeda, Lithuania
    www.eurolingvija.eu

    Project partners

    Forbundet Kommunikation og Sprog (The Union of Communication and Language Professionals)
    Forbundet Kommunikation og Sprog, Skindergade 45-47, Postboks 2246, 1019 København K
    www.kommunikationogsprog.dk

    Videnscenter for Integration (Resource Center For Integration)
    Havneparken 2, DK-7100, Vejle, Denmark
    www.vifin.dk

    Mittuniversitetet (Mid Sweden University)
    S-871 88 Härnösand, Sweden
    www.miun.se

    Klaipėdos Turizmo ir Kultūros Informacijos Centras (Klaipeda Tourism and Culture Information Center)
    Turgaus g. 7, LT-91247, Klaipėda, Lithuania
    www.klaipedainfo.lt

    References

    Travellingua Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA