Education Without Frontiers

Three secondary schools from Finland, Spain and Slovakia interested in developing a project on students´ long-term study mobilities decided to apply for funding as a strategic partnership. They realise that young people struggle to fit the society, to find the active place as responsible citizens and to meet labour market expectations. Throughout the combination of long-term study mobilities abroad and virtual cooperation, students are given the opportunity to improve their communication skills in a foreign language, digital competences, collaborate together in the virtual space and face-to-face in the multinational teams created at schools with multilingual setting. Study stays abroad are considered a life-time experience and enrich all the participants (students, hosts and school communities). The methodology applied envisages long lasting impact of the project results on wide school community thanks to involvment of the teachers and their activities in form of short-term joint staff training events. Nowadays, we see as very important to promote a comprehensive approach to language teaching and learning and offer innovative pedagogies and inspiring learning environment. The partcipating schools organise school meetings, local public discussions, share best practices with the others also after the official end of the project and what is the most important continue with individual mobilities. All the materials developed in the project are published through school webpages, e-twinnig site and made available as a source for others who want to conduct a similar project.