EUROSIM

Objective
EUROSIM (Hunt for Europe: Using Language Simulator in Culture & Language Integrated Learning) aims to support and strengthen the learning of different European languages and cultures, and promote European languages and cultural diversity.

Content
The project will develop a digital learning environment, which will become an online language and cultural learning platform in the "Serious Games" genre. In this interactive environment, coupled with automatic speech recognition, the student acquires knowledge of language and culture, which is subsequently tested in a realistic 3D environment.

EUROSIM will consist of three different "skill" sections:

• The "Pronunciation Trainer" - which enables the student to practice the pronunciation of single words and receive feedback on areas with primary issues.
• The "Skill Builder" - teaching both the pronunciation of single words and whole sentences and providing cultural information relevant to the various environments that are part of the 3D section. The section also contains interactive exercises and quizzes with a focus on understanding and producing language.
• 6 different but connected 3D environments, each depicting a culturally important area within one of the partner countries. The overall storytelling is the discovery of the European cultural identity.

The primary target group for the learning platform is adult European citizens, migrants and refugees, including NEETS (Not in Education, Employment, or Training).

Partnership
VIFIN is coordinator of the project, which is carried out in collaboration with:

• Vardakeios School of Ermoupoli, Greece
• The Institute of Technology, Tralee, Ireland
• ENAIP Piedmont, Italy
• Center for Education, Spain
• Wisamar Bildungsgesellschaft, Germany
• Die Berater, Austria

Financing
The project is supported by the EU program Erasmus+ and is being implemented between September 2017 and August 2019.

More information
For further information, go to the website: https://www.huntforeurope.eu/ or contact project manager Thomas K. Hansen: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

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