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The following outcomes are foreseen in the siLang work plan. All outcomes are the subject of the evaluation strategy design described in this document. • An analysis of the current situation in countries represented in the consor-tium through project partner organizations, namely Greece, Norway, Estonia, Italy, and Portugal, in relation to: o Didactical approaches used towards professional language education
o Existing services and language learning practices targeting profes-sionals o Deployment of ICT in general and serious games in particular to-wards language education o Accreditation related to professional language skills • A situated learning framework for professional language education. The framework will expose learners to typical use of vehicular languages in the context of professional communication. Activity-based learning will draw inspiration from real-life aiming to empower professionals to apply newly developed competences directly on the job • A language-learning serious game with a focus on promoting communica-tion capacity on vehicular languages taking into account cultural influen-ces and communication context • Good practice examples on the integration of the proposed serious game and situated learning approaches into language learning practices in the form of a video gallery that demonstrates the usage of the siLang applica-tion and examples from actual deployment • A wiki targeting language educators that will provide insight on emerging learning approaches and technology that offer the potential of enhancing existing practices • Evaluation results from the deployment of the proposed situated learning methodologies and language learning games in real-life learning experi-ments in Greece, Norway, Estonia, Italy, and Portugal • A project portal • Informational material in printable form • A bi-annual project newsletter providing updates on project activities, pro-gress, and interim outcomes • Publications to conferences • Presentations to stakeholders for dissemination purposes • Workshops in Greece, Norway, Estonia, Italy, and Portugal promoting the adoption of siLang outcomes by the targeted professional training com-munity • A strategy for the post-project exploitation of siLang outcomes and the sustainability of results
