Outcomes of the Conference
- The learnings resulting from our STRATFORD partnership proved to be distinct because of the additional European value.
- As the activities of all participating partners included organization of foreign language courses for adults, this project has now been fully integrated into current activities within all of our partner organizations.
- The partnership’s greatest and lasting accomplishment is it’s influence in contributing to more efficient and effective activity within our institutions creating greater possibilities of non-conventional, less formal, more engaging and wider-ranging foreign language learning practices and environments, increasing learners’ motivation to use English or Spanish, as well as, raising the competence of our adult educators.
- This project provided the opportunity to create a new international educational perspective for adults from our disadvantaged areas through mobility within the European Union.
- It also augmented the development of social skills, created multicultural awareness and active citizenship, and increased the level of social inclusion and equal educational opportunities for our adult learners.
- This partnership also raised the profile of each of our institutions at both local and national levels.
- The project process assisted both the participants and the institutions to develop a better understanding of the life long learning process.
- The aims of the STRATFORD partnership have been successfully achieved, beyond our expectations.
- The book, our final product, will prove a valuable and practical resource tool for adult educators to utilize in foreign language courses in each participating institution.
- The partnership has established a permanent open channel of communication between
institutions, ensuring an on-going, engaging and project-based language learning environment.
- The success of our partnership and mutual support system also helps to establish a connection between municipalities of participating countries, and serves as an initiative for future cooperation in the discipline of adult education and multicultural exchange.