Balıkesir University Faculty Members in Rome: Transnational Cooperation Is Strengthening in the EcoLingua Curriculum Project

Balıkesir University faculty members attended the project meeting held in Rome, Italy within the scope of the EcoLingua Curriculum project, which aims to integrate environmental issues into English language teaching with digital pedagogies. At the transnational meeting hosted by the project partner Tor Vergata University, both project outputs were improved and strategic collaborations were strengthened.

Strategic partnership project titled “EcoLingua Curriculum: Digitally Enhanced Pedagogy for Integrating Environmental Issues into Language Teaching” numbered 2024-1-TR01-KA220-SCH-000245616, carried out within the scope of Erasmus+ KA220-SCH action, Dr. from the Department of English Teaching, Necatibey Faculty of Education, Balıkesir University. Teach While the meeting was being conducted by Mehmet Saraç, the Head of the Department of Foreign Languages represented Balıkesir University Prof. Dr. Mehmet Baştürk, Dr. Teach Member Serhat Güzel and Teach. See. Vahit Sapar joined.

Project Manager Dr. who gives information about the realized program. Teach Member Mehmet Saraç stated that during the program, topics such as the integration of environmental themes into foreign language teaching with digital tools, the development of teacher education modules, the evaluation of sample curricula and the planning of learner-oriented activities were discussed. Expressing that the project teams from Turkey, Italy, Spain and Lithuania have strengthened interdisciplinary cooperation by sharing good practice examples, Dr. Teach Member Mehmet Saraç; “Within the scope of the program, we also visited Giuseppe Novelli, Rector of Tor Vergata University, as project coordinators and academic delegation. In addition to the EcoLingua Curriculum project, cooperation in areas such as student and academic exchange, joint research and new project collaborations within the scope of Erasmus+ were evaluated during the meeting. Thanks to the campus tour, environmental-themed workshops and on-site observation activities, the model of teaching foreign languages based on ecological awareness developed within the scope of the project was experienced concretely. This process contributed to the development of teaching materials and digital content production.” he spoke in the form of.