Evaluation: Prof. Dr. Camilla Badstübner-Kizik Uniwersytetim.AdamaMickiewicza,Poznan-Poland InstytutLingwistykiStosowanej www.ils.amu.edu.pl

Website: www.emportfolio.eu

Contact: Adelheid Kramer LandesinstitutfürSchulsport,SchulkunstundSchulmusik,Germany e-mail:info@emportfolio.eu

Multilateral Comenius ProjectEuropeanMusicPortfolio(EMP)

Multilateral Comenius ProjectEuropeanMusicPortfolio(EMP) ProjectPartners

PatronMinisterina.D.Dr.MonikaStolzMitglieddesLandtagsvonBaden-WόrttembergBeiratsvorsitzendederStiftung„SingenmitKindern“

Germany LandesinstitutfürSchulsport,SchulkunstundSchulmusikwww.lis-in-bw.de

England, UK CanterburyChristChurchUniversity,FacultyofEducationwww.canterbury.ac.uk

Greece GreekAssociationofPrimaryMusicEducationTeachers(GAPMET)www.primarymusic.gr

Scotland, UK UniversityofEdinburgh,InstituteforMusicinHumanandSocialDevelopment(IMHSD)www.music.ed.ac.uk/Research/imhsd.html

Romania UniversitateaOvidiusConstanţawww.univ-ovidius.ro

Catalonia, Espana UniversitatAutònomadeBarcelona,FacultatdeCiènciesdel’Educaciówww.uab.cat

Germany PädagogischeHochschuleLudwigsburgwww.ph-ludwigsburg.de

France IUFMUniversitéMontpellierIIwww.montpellier.iufm.fr

Switzerland FachhochschuleNordwestschweiz(FHNW)PädagogischeHochschulewww.fhnw.ch/ph

acreativewayintolanguages

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Basicideas

Fromaveryearlyagechildrenmakesounds,murmur,sing,movearoundanddanceinaverynaturalway.Theycommunicateintheir“musiclanguage”whichcanberegardedaspre-verbalcommunication.Astheygetolder,theydeveloptheirmothertongueusingthesepre-verbalmusicalelements.

Brainresearchinrecentyearshasconfirmedadeepandprofoundrelationshipbetweenmusicandlanguagelearning.Also,researchindicatesthatsmallchildrenarepre-disposedtolearningforeignlanguages.Moreover,listening,perceiving,imitating,andcreatingarebasicskillsinbothlanguageandmusic.

ThegoaloftheComeniusProject“EuropeanMusicPort-folio:ACreativeWayintoLanguages”istointegratemus-icalactivitiesinprimaryforeignlanguageeducation.Thislearningapproachcanreducelanguagebarriersandhelpsocialintegration.Itcanalsonurtureself-confidenceandself-expressionandimproveinterculturalunderstanding.

TheprojectwilldevelopaEuropeanMusicPortfoliotosupportearlyforeignlanguagelearning.However,astrongemphasisisplacedonthefactthatintegratingmusicandforeignlanguagelearningisbasedonanunderstandingofintegratedlearninginallsubjects.

Aimsoftheproject

TheEuropeanMusicPortfolioProject:benefitsyounglearners,primaryteachersandteachertrainers;trainsandsupportsprimaryteachersintheirforeignlanguageteachingskillsthroughmusicandmusicalactivities;supportsmusicallearningandtraining;motivatespupilstolearnlanguagesandmusicalskills;enhancescontinuingprofessionaldevelopmentandinitialprimaryteachertraininginteachertraininginstitutions;providestheopportunityforteachersfromdifferentcountriestolearnaboutotherEuropeancultures;

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increasestheuseoftechnologyincreativeways;exploresmusicaldiversityinEurope;integratesvariousculturesthroughinnovativeeducationalmaterials.

Activitiesandoutputsoftheproject

Teacher’smaterials,awebsiteande-learningplatformwith‘goodpractice’examplesdemonstratingtheusesandbenefitsofmusicinforeignlanguageteaching.Pupil’sversionofthe“EuropeanMusicPortfolio:ACreativeWayintoLanguages”.AComeniusProjectDevelopmentcoursedesignedtosupportprimaryteachersinhowtoincludemusicallearninginforeignlanguageteaching.Nationalandinternationaltrain-the-trainercourses.

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European Music Portfolio -a creative way into languages