Taaltrotters Abroad Language Awareness, Multilingualism and Linguistic Diversity Socrates - Lingua

Taaltrotters Abroad is an educational multimedia project for pupils from 12 to 16 years old, about language awareness, multilingualism and linguistic diversity. It is the European adaptation of the successful predecessor developed for the Netherlands and Flanders in 2002. Taaltrotters Abroad challenges the pupil to look into his own linguistic identity. It shows that language is fun, and that crossing linguistic barriers is exciting. Pupils become more conscious language users. Their sensitivity towards languages grows. Taaltrotters Abroad contributes to integration in school and in the classroom. The pupils discover that they can learn from their classmates’ language and culture. They develop an awareness of linguistic diversity, sociolinguistic aspects of languages and multilingualism in Europe. Taaltrotters Abroad consists of an interactive movie on CD-Rom, a booklet and a website with assignments, linguistic information, teacher information and frameworks for linguistic exchanges at an (inter)national school level. The project is developed by academics and multimedia experts. Versions of the materials are developed in German, Finnish and Swedish.

Participants	Country		Contact
Stichting Studio Taalwetenschap (Coordinator)	NL		Dr. Karijn Helsloot k.helsloot(at)studiotaalwetenschap.nl
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität - Mainz	D		Dr. Markus Steinbach steinbac(at)uni-mainz.de
Klett Lernen und Wissen	D		Dr. Jürgen A. Schmidt j.a.schmidt(at)klett.de
Universiteit van Amsterdam, ACLC	NL		Dr. Harry Perridon H.C.B.Perridon(at)uva.nl
4xM	NL		Frank Alsema frank(at)4xm.nl
University of Turku	FI		John Smeds johsme(at)utu.fi
Zento Interactive	FI		Hanna Puro hanna.puro(at)zentointeractive.com
Stockholm University	SE		Prof. Dr. Tomas Riad Tomas.Riad(at)nordiska.su.se