Competences

Competences

*The list of comptences below is inspired by The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (CEFR).

Students will develop:

• Literacy and plurilingual competence

Literacy and plurilingualism refer to the ability to use different languages accurately and effectively to communicate and connect with others in an appropriate and creative way. This competence encompasses the ability to understand, express and interpret concepts, thoughts, feelings, facts and opinions in both receptive and productive settings (listening, speaking, reading and writing), and in an appropriate range of societal and cultural contexts according to one's wants or needs. The ability to mediate between different languages and media, and maintaining/improving mother tongue competences are also included.

With regards to our project, this will be worked throughout the regular interactions between the two classes engaged in telecollaboration: collaboration, exchange, and feedback will be prioritized in order for learners to develop such competence.

• Digital and technology competence

Capability to critically use ICT tools in order to deal with daily life situations. It means being able to manage information and data; interact, communicate and collaborate through digital technologies; use technologies in a creative way to produce different outputs; being aware of safety issues in digital environments, and solve problems faced in digital settings.

This will be worked throughout the project with the use of the Telecollaboration practice and when using different digital tools to work on the tasks proposed during the whole learning process.

• Learning to learn competence

Personal, social and learning to learn competence is the ability to reflect upon oneself, effectively manage time and information, work with others in a constructive way, remain resilient and manage one’s own learning. It includes the ability to cope with uncertainty and complexity, learn to learn, support one’s physical and emotional well-being, to maintain physical and mental health and to be able to lead health- conscious, future-oriented life, empathize and manage conflict in an inclusive and supportive way.

This will be worked throughout the project with the use of Telecollaboration as you have to effectively manage information, work with others, interacting locally with the classmates and globally with some other online peers. Also they may find some uncertain problems and manage the conflict in an inclusive way.

• Social and civic competence

This competence is related with the ability to act as a responsible citizen and participate in civic and social life, based on understanding of social, economic, legal and political concepts and structures, as well as global developments and sustainability.

Social and civic competence will be worked on this project because students will be aware of how people live in the other city and some of the social, economic and political aspects of that city.

• Entrepreneurship competence

Entrepreneurship competence refers to the capacity to act upon opportunities and ideas and to transform them into values for others. It is founded upon creativity, critical thinking and problem solving, taking initiative and perseverance and the ability to work collaboratively in order to plan and manage projects that are of cultural, social or financial value.

This competence will be worked because we create our own guide so learners have the chance to act upon their own opportunities and ideas, it also includes creativity as they can do the format they decide, problem-solving with the conflicts they may find, taking initiative and the ability to work collaboratively with the classmates and globally with some other online peers.

• Pluricultural awareness and expression competence

A solid understanding of one's own culture and a sense of identity through a comparative vision beyond the frame of the local community. Ability to respect and appreciate the creative importance of ideas, experiences from varied cultural backgrounds, as well as to express one’s perspectives and ideas in order to enhance intercultural communication and collaboration.