Intercultural Dialogue & Linguistic Diversity via MobLang

Formal Project Description Contract Title Intercultural Dialogue & Linguistic Diversity via MobLang Agreement n° 505664-LLP-1-2009-CY-KA2-KA2MP Countries of the action Cyprus, Spain, Great Britain, Greece Cost of Action €533,023.00 Dates {{{start_day}}}/{{{start_month}}}/{{{start_year}}} - {{{end_day}}}/{{{end_month}}}/{{{end_year}}} Short Description Language barriers between individuals of different ethnic groups living in the same country, or Europeans visiting other countries for business or pleasure, hinder natural interaction. Communication in a foreign language can hold back the development of friendships and closer relationships, thus preventing fruitful intercultural exchange and dialogue. Basic language knowledge of one’s conversational partner is usually appreciated and creates a comforting atmosphere. Today’s Europeans are too busy to attend a language class. Exploiting technology and especially the recently emerging developments in mobile learning could offer a viable alternative. Mobile phones are optimal learning tools that could enable people to learn any time, anywhere, and at their one own pace, even during leisure time. The proposed project applies Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) to support minority and/or less-frequently used and less-taught European languages (LWULT) Website http://www.moblang.eu/