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European Network of Language Teachers Associations (REAL2)

Context
The REAL2 project is co-funded the European Commission (Lifelong Learning Programme). It is being developed by a consortium of 8 language teacher associations from 8 different countries and led by CIEP. It is based on the REAL feasibility study (2006-2007), which helped to convince 138 associations, representing 154 000 teachers, of the benefits of creating a European federation of language teacher associations.

Objectives
The goal of REAL2 is to create a European federation of language teacher associations. The federation is open to monolingual as well as to multilingual associations from all EU and EFTA member states as well as the other states participating in Lifelong Learning Programme (32 countries in total).

The REAL federation will support the associations – and thus, the teachers – to bring Europe into the languages classroom and to make the voices of language teachers heard. It will respond five needs which were identified in the REAL feasibility study:

1. To develop good practice in teaching via exchanges and common projects at a European level.
2. To develop European skills (better knowledge of recommendations, tools and sources of finance available at a European level).
3. To develop strategic skills between associations, with the particular aim of ensuring continuity with regards to young teachers.
4. To better represent languages teachers in national and European policy making.
5. To defend cultural and linguistic diversity, particularly for the less widely used languages.

Over a period of three years, the project will see the creation of a legally established federation, a common directory of European language teacher associations, a reference website and the development of seminars and tra

For more information about the project, visit the project website REAL2: www.real-association.eu

If you would like to find out more about the REAL2 project or subscribe to our newsletter, please write to: contact@real-association.eu

Documents

• REAL Newsletter Archives

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.