About Joyn 2.0

JOYN2.0 Project Aims

- Promote independent and informal language learning, promote on-line learning and on-line learning resources;
- Encourage language teachers towards the role of informal facilitators/advisors in language learning;
- Strengthen the role of social networks and media in supporting lifelong learning.

JOYN2.0 Project Substance

- Social networks will be used as an environment where language tutors can communicate with language learners (one-to-one or in a group);
- Language turors will provide informal support for independent learning and/or on-line learning; will advise learners on the choice of tools, organization of learning and assessment of progress;
- Situational videos will be produced by Latvian TV as an on-line learning tool which can be used in learning and assessment process.

JOYN2.0 Target Groups

- Language learners who wish to use the communication with on-line tutors and other learners in social networks as a support for their learning process;
- Language teachers and trainers who will learn to act as on-line tutors and informal facilitators of language learning.

JOYN2.0 Target Languages

- Taught by partner organizations;
- Used in partner countries.

JOYN2.0 Stakeholders

- On-line/virtual language learning communities, language training institutions and language schools;
- Language teacher training institutions, language teacher associations;
- Developers of on-line learning tools and resources;
- Social networks and media offering lifelong learning opportunities.

JOYN2.0 Project Tasks and Outputs

- Develop and publish guidelines for language tutors who act as on-line moderators;
- Train language teachers (representing English, Russian, Latvian, Swedish, Finnish, Lithuanian, etc. languages) for the role of learning facilitators;
- Organize groups of language learners in different social networks; provide on-line tutoring for these learners;
- Describe and publish the experiences of language learning through social networks based on feedbacks of learners and tutors.

Partners