Foreseen Outcomes
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: a) Didactical approaches used towards professional language education, b) Existing services and language learning practices targeting professionals, c) Deployment of ICT in general and serious games in particular to-wards language education, d) 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
