Research Material and Feedback on the Innovative Training of Teachers of Foreign Languages in Slovakia

• Published in: Vestnik za tuje jezike Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 211 - 221
• Main Author: Birova, Jana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 12-12-2023
• Subjects: certificate; class; innovation; teachers; training
• ISSN: 1855-8453; 2350-4269
• DOI: 10.4312/vestnik.15.211-221

The aim of the contribution is to present an evaluation of the innovative and updating education of teachers of French who participated in the Erasmus+ project “With French on the Horizon” (ID 2021-1-SK01-KA122-SCH-000014674). Teachers involved in the project who teach French and English at primary and secondary schools in Slovakia took part in the assessment (31 mobilities). The hybrid mobility in Nice brought its fruit in the form of 70 hours of training course education for 20 participants and 56 hours of education for three participants. Job-shadowing mobility in Besancon with a bonus training course brought 50 hours of training for seven participants, while job-shadowing mobility in CFAIE Val-de-Reuil was an extra mobility for one teacher. The teachers stated their high level of satisfaction with the Erasmus+ training courses They also prepared a lot of useful activities that were then published in a book. All the training participants received an international certificate of successful completion, and were offered the opportunity to complete their training by presenting their work and defending it through recognition of innovative education at the national level. Registered and completed participants were issued a certificate of innovative training education. Since the defences took place as a dissemination exchange of knowledge for other teachers of the French language, the participants of these disseminations were also issued certificates for updating training education at the national level.