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The Future of VIVACE
VIVACE is a large and ambitious project which already involves partners in seven European countries and has reached over 600 learners, varying in age from 3 to 85. We have taught or organized events in Spanish, French, German, Italian, English, Dutch, Swedish and Polish. Partners have organized over 100 sub-projects, in the process of which they have worked with 36 agencies and organizations outside the field of language teaching. Many have been outreach projects, held in venues as diverse as prisons, nurseries and residential accommodation for senior citizens.
The great majority of the groups we have worked with have been very enthusiastic about what we have offered and have wanted our activities with them to continue. We are limited in this by the aims and budget of the project and there are clearly often financial difficulties for the organizations themselves in funding further development. But there have been some innovative moves in this direction, which may give others the impetus to drive forward similar initiatives.
The impact on all involved in the ALLEGRO project and subsequently the VIVACE project, has been unexpectedly marked. Learners have gained in confidence and gained a wider view of the outside world. Teachers have found inspiration in teaching new groups in new ways. Most importantly perhaps, the message of the value of language learning has been spread widely among organisations in the field of social provision and into the community at large. There is clearly a great deal of value in continuing to build on the network and experiences that have been gained during the ALLEGRO and VIVACE projects.
The VIVACE partners plus two new partners (Ireland and Cyprus) are currently submitting a bid for a two-year project, VIVACE2, which, if successful, will run concurrently with VIVACE in 2008/09 and continue independently through 2009/10.
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