Innovation in Language Learning

NON-FOR-LESL project is challenged by the fight against early school leaving (ESL) and its aim is to cooperate with EU components to achieve the objective set in the EU 2020 Strategy by reducing ESL to less than 10%. With this purpose, NON-FOR-LESL fits both with Erasmus+ aims and with 3 main targets of the EC, that is the initiative

-       for the opening up of education through the use of OER, recommendation,

-       for the validation of non-formal and informal learning and

-       for the acquisition of key competence and transversal skills for the new work-force to meet the market’s needs.

NONFORLESL project started on December 2014 for a duration of 24 months. During this period, a great emphasis will be given for implementing an OER. This tool will be developed by the partnership and then tested by each one of them in secondary schools (chosen according specific criteria). Students and teachers, on voluntary basis, will use it for unveiling non formal and informal learning potential.

The overall structure of the project activities is a logical sequence of steps. The six main ones will be the centre of the six Intellectual Outputs leading towards the following outcomes:

1)     a Comparative Study Analysis investigating the validation of formal, non formal and informal learning paying attention also to the collection of target groups’ points of view through questionnaires;

2)     a framework and an award system for the validation of non-formal/informal learning within school based on the key competences and transversal skills as described by the EU, and the rules set by the EQF;

3)     the NON-FOR-LESL OER validation tool;

4)     an “Information Pack” with a Step-by-step Guide and a training course for the successful implementation of the tool in schools;

5)     an implementation report in the form of case-study portfolio and

6)     finally an overall evaluation report with a strategy for exploitation at the national level.