BackgroundFor a variety of reasons - economic, social, physical, educational or geographical - many EU citizens are restricted in their opportunities for language learning, or even excluded from it altogether. This may disadvantage them in a variety of ways, restricting their employment opportunities and their ability to play a full part as citizens of Europe, and excluding them from the educational benefits and enjoyment which language learning brings. |
Award winning work
VIVACE is the successor project to the multi-award winning ALLEGRO project (2002-2005).
The Allegro project carried out ground breaking work in bringing language learning to disadvantaged groups, through innovative, easy-to-access approaches to the teaching of languages, in local communities. The emphasis of the project was to take language learning out of institutions and to bring it to people who might not otherwise be involved. The ALLEGRO project won three European Quality Labels and also had its work recognised by a European Award for Lifelong Learning. |
VIVACE begins
In 2006, Nottingham Trent University was successful in a bid for a successor project to ALLEGRO. The new project is called VIVACE, and is taking the ALLEGRO ethos and models to new countries - Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. The project will run until 2008.
The insights and conclusions drawn from ALLEGRO have provided a rich and vital foundation for the VIVACE project, which is continuing the exciting work of bringing language learning to disadvantaged groups of people and providing inspiration and guidance for the organisations that support them. |
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