TRIALOG – New business languages in Europe

TRIALOG’s great innovation is based on accentuating two languages: Polish and Turkish, which have rarely been recognized as business languages.

The project was aimed at young people undergoing vocational training, trainers and companies in the hotel and restaurant industry. Under the coordination of BGZ, the project partners in Germany, Poland and Turkey developed materials to support foreign language learning. They developed intercultural manuals, subject-specific language courses and didactic guidelines for vocational education and training. The materials are practical and activity-orientated. They encourage independent learning while teaching foreign languages and the acquirement of intercultural competences.

Different approaches for the acquisition of foreign languages were considered: situation-specific and action-oriented learning, mono- and bilingual situations, learning in real or simulated situations of everyday professional life, interpretation classes, language laboratories and research on the Internet. Using these project materials, one acquires language skills to use “on the spot” at home, as well as abroad.

Other BGZ projects have also profited from the project: the materials for the acquirement of foreign languages have successfully been used in the transnational EU-project “Leonida”.

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