VirtuLApp (Virtual Language App)

The VirtuLApp (Virtual Language App) project group will develop an innovative multididactic approach which teachers can use in the classroom in any (multilingual) situation. The needs of teachers (more knowledge about and tools for multilingual education, integration of migrant languages and lesser language separation) will be addressed with the development of a multi-player augmented and virtual reality app and the development of a digital handbook and toolkit with video-based documentation of best-practices of schools already using the heteroglossic approach in the classroom.

Project activities

Even though the background of school pupils has become increasingly multilingual and classrooms have become ever more multilingual and diverse, migrant and minority languages are still rarely included in mainstream education and they are very often not recognised as an asset for learning. Speakers of minority and migrant languages must compete with national (and increasingly also foreign) languages for an equal position in the curriculum. This is because of a lack of knowledge about multilingual education and it's advantages and the lack of hands-on skills on how to implement a multilingual didactic in their classroom.

The project aims of the VirtuLApp project are to:

l. Contribute to developing a positive attitude amongst primary school teachers towards the languages of the pupils;

2. increase the knowledge of teachers about multilingual language development;

3. Provide tools to schools and teachers on which practical skills and didactic methods they can use in the classroom;

4. Develop an app which can be used in the classroom to train the skills and competences of teachers and pupils.

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