We've got on Internet!...

Great work!!! Our website looks very nice, thanks to the Greeks web designers... I like it very much and I hope all visitors will apreciate it, too!
Today I registered into our forum and everything seems work just fine.

Many thanks to you, dear Dolly, and best wishes for all! Enjoy it...

Daniel.

Project' Logo - apple

The logo of our project is a red apple shaped as 'a' character followed by next letters of 'apple' and the 'project' word on the right-top side. Also, some green leaves embrace these words, all of them included in a green rounded rectangular shape.

Lingua 2 - European partners

Coordinator of this project is
MEANDROS LTD (Athens, GREECE) represented by Mrs Despina VALLIDIS

Partners from:


DANMAR COMPUTERS [PL - RZESZOW] (Mrs Malgorzata MIKLOSZ)



DIA-SPORT ASSOCIATION [BG - SOFIA] (Mrs Tatiana VELITCHKOVA)



HAYAL G܎Dܚ BAKIM EVI VE ORGANIZASYON [TR - PENDIK / ISTANBUL] (Mrs Evrim MARANGOZ)



LANGLEY FIRST SCHOOL [UK - WEST MONKSEATON] (Mrs Andrea JOHNSON)



LIBATSE LASTEAED-ALGKOOL [EE - PĒNUMAA] (Mrs Anu MĎNISALU)



SCOALA CU CL. I-VIII HORLESTI-REDIU [RO - IASI] (Mr Dumitru Daniel LOZBA)



SUP EUROPA [FR - COLMAR] (Mr Patrick PUPPINCK)



WYZSZA SZKOLA HUMANISTYCZNO-EKONOMICZNA W LODZI [PL - LODZ] (Mrs Joanna SZCZECINSKA)

What I should know about APPLE project?

A.P.P.L.E. project for LINGUA 2 – SOCRATES

A.P.P.L.E. (Autonomous Package Preschool Language Education) aims to promote early foreign language learning to preschool children from new Member States (or candidates) and Greece. Our project will develop a new language tool which will introduce English and French to preschool children through an innovative method using multimedia technology. Our goal is to motivate children in early foreign language learning by using a playful approach and by creating a language friendly environment.

Specifically, A.P.P.L.E. project will develop CD-ROMs/DVDs for preschool children to be used with the assistance of their parents at home or as didactic material with the assistance of teachers in kindergartens. The project will be supported by a Web Site and printed material for teachers and parents.

The main idea of the project is to introduce two foreign languages (EN and FR) from a very early age to preschool children of new Member states (or candidates) and Greece. This will be achieved by using a common to kindergartens pedagogical method of learning through art activities, crafts and play materials, but in a completely innovative way.

A 3D cartoon, the Apple, will be the children’s guide to foreign language learning through craft activities that will help them develop at the same time cognitive, social and motor skills. The 3D cartoon will use the children’s mother tongue (using Audio technique) in order to explain the craft to be made and at the same time the cartoon will introduce children to English or French (they will have the option to switch on language) vocabulary and basic sentences and phrases.

Language courses will be divided to 80 different sections. Each section will include: a) all steps for creating a craft (3D) according to the section’s subject through video animation, b) related vocabulary (English and French) pronunciation & writing, c) related music theme, d) funny games related to subject, d) printed instructions for teachers and parents.

Every craft will be presented by using the 3D animation technology and video technology; subjects will be selected carefully promoting each country’s cultural uniqueness and allowing consistency in mental processes from which language learning emerges. All crafts will use materials found around the house like papers, boxes, clothes etc.

According to the country - origin of each participating institution, A.P.P.L.E. project will develop different CD-ROMs/DVDs using the same crafts and foreign languages vocabulary, but will be presented in a different language environment. For example, the CD-ROM/DVD for the Greek partner will be presented in Greek (Apple cartoon will be speaking Greek) and all printed materials for teachers and parents will be also written in Greek. Foreign languages’ material will remain the same for all CD ROMs developed.

The printed material will include two booklets, one for teachers and parents and the other only for parents. The first booklet will include all instructions for developing the crafts, all foreign language vocabulary included in the CD-ROM/DVD and notes for the pronunciation and basic grammar. The second booklet will include information for the parents concerning the necessity of early language learning, studies and researches which suggest the parents’ cooperation and assistance of children in foreign language learning from a very early age.

Also, a web site will be developed for the promotion of the new language tool, including information about the benefits of early foreign language learning. Our web site’s aim will be to disseminate to as wide an audience as possible, including parents and teachers, the above mentioned information.