Montessori Methodology in Language Learning. European projects which transfers the Montessori Methodology to language learning for adults

1. The project
 MMLT (Montessori Methodology in Language
Training) is a project funded by the Lifelong Learning
Programme of the European Commission (Key Activity
2: Languages) which aims to transfer the Montessori
educational method to the language learning of adults
over 20. Montessori method proved to be a very
efficient and successful method with children until 16
years old and deals very effectively with the
personalization of the educational path.
 The project aims to develop a manual for the transfer
of the Montessori method to language learning for
adults and university students.
 In the manual, the Montessori method will be adapted
in order to fit the needs of target group in language
learning.
 The manual will be available in all partners' languages
(Greek, Italian, English, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish).
 Significant impact:
⇒produce a new innovative methodology for
teaching foreign languages to adults,
⇒enrich trainers’ curriculum with a distinctive
and modern updating
⇒facilitate trainers’ exchange of good practices,
using a common method
⇒ enhance trainees’ motivation in reaching their
goal (learning a foreign language) more
successfully.
General Objectives & Activities:
The main aim of the project is to define a method of
modern language teaching, on the concept of the
Montessori’s methodology which will be adaptive, easy to
implement, accepted by other members of the European
Community as an intuitive, practical and easy way for
people of any age to understand and learn languages
effortlessly. This method would address the needs of
learners in different education and training sectors and
combine traditional face-to-face workshops with e-learning
and ICT based learning.
The main result will be the Manual for teachers of foreign
languages. The Manual will contain 3 parts:
a) Theoretical part
b) Practical part
c) Curriculum
The Manual will be piloted in all partners’ countries by
face-to-face workshops and onLine sessions with language
teachers
The final version of the Manual will be exploited by
organizing workshops and e-learning courses in order to
train language teachers all over Europe and overseas to
use the Montessori method when delivering their language
courses, on the basis of the MMLT guidelines.
Partnership:
The project consortium is formed of 7 partners from 6
countries which all have complementary skills and great
experience in language learning. The partners are from
Greece, Italy, UK, Romania, Poland and Hungary. The
consortium includes partners that are experts in the
Montessori methodology in language teaching, partners
that are experts in language learning and partners that are
experts in the project management of European projects.
 ATHENS – Greece
 CITTA DI CASTELLO – Italy
 PLYMOUTH – United Kingdom
 PITESTI – Romania
 EGER – Hungary
 SCZECZIN – Poland
Lingua Più Associazione
Viale Moncenisio, n. 28 – 06012 Città di Castello (Italia)
+39. 075.855.64.18
www.linguapiu.eu – info@linguapiu.eu

2. PARTNERS:
ACTION SYNERGY S.A.
Athens, Greece
ALMOND VOCATIONAL LINK
Plymouth, England
HELLENIC CULTURE CENTRE
Athens, Greece
ASOCIATIA YF-YOUTH&FUTURE
Pitesti, Arges, Romania
SUPRA VITA Language School
Eger, Hungary
SZCZECINSKA SZKOLA WYZSZA
COLLEGIUM BALTICUM
Szczecin, Poland
LINGUA PIU` Citta di Castello, Italy
For further information about MMLT project
please contact the Coordinator:
ACTION SYNERGY S.A.
Patroklou 1 & Paradeisou, 15125,
Maroussi, Athens, Greece
E-mail: euprograms@action.gr
or you can contact the nearest partner, details
inside of leaflet
You can find us also:
⇒ Website: www.mmlt.eu
⇒ Facebook/Linkedin/TwitterGroups :
KA2 Project- MMLT
MMLT – Montessori
Methodology in
Language Training
www.mmlt.eu
*This project is co-funded by the European Commission. This
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