Innovation in Language Learning

The article is based on the Goerudio project (543223-LLP-1-2013-1-LV-KA4- KA4MP), as it is being implemented by EuroEd Foundation Iasi, Romania. The project has analysed challenges that European educational systems are facing at present: students’ lack of motivation when studying scientific related topics and school teachers’ inability to find innovative teaching methods in order to stimulate students’ interest in science. The project has created a learning community of science teachers and students who have discussed and shared knowledge and experiences in order to make scientific education more involving and appealing. The community has been involved in the development of teaching resources for scientific subjects. Its resulting products- educational models- have been further used in a CLIL programme, where students have developed not only their knowledge and understanding of the world but also their language competences. The resources created through the Goerudio project, the methods and online activities and exercises used have enabled students to use language purposefully. The article analyses the way the programme has helped students to process information, negotiate meaning, and share knowledge even when their level of the target language varies