TRIALOG - New business languages in Europe

The aim of this project is to assist young adults in Poland, Turkey and Germany in learning Polish, Turkish and German within the framework of vocational training. The young adults all learn the language of one of the partner countries.

The main emphasis is on the practical usage of the new language within the tourism, hotel and catering industries. In this way, the intercultural and language abilities of the participants will be strengthened, and the young people will develop skills which help them for their future employment within an increasingly mobile and flexible European and world market.

This co-operation between Poland, Germany and Turkey sees an innovative project involving a new EU member, an old EU member and a future EU candidate country.

Promoting languages

The Leonardo da Vinci 2006 programme to language competence, initiative B

Target group(s)

Teachers, companies, apprentices, young employees

Content

Further development of the curricula for learning the three target foreign languages
Revision/re-writing of up-to-date, subject-specific, teaching materials (German-Polish-Turkish) as well as teaching methodology used within the context of foreign language tuition and apprenticeships in the partner countries, with the additional aim of facilitating self-tuition
Testing the curricula on location
Training teaching staff in the implementation of this curricula and material
Compiling an industry specific handbook containing important information on the country as well as information on the hotel and catering industries in Poland, Turkey and Germany
Compiling a tri-lingual dictionary (German-Polish-Turkish) with the most important terminology related to the hotel and catering industries in Poland, Turkey and Germany
Developing measures to assist companies in dealing with the topics of professional mobility, foreign language competency as well as advertising and marketing

Project partners

Project initiator:
Berlin Senate, Department for Economy, Employment and Women
Co-ordinator:
BGZ Berliner Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit mbH (Berlin International Cooperation Ageny)
German Partners:
ESL PROLOG Berlin Language school
Hotel NH-Berlin Mitte
Akademie Berlin-Schmöckwitz e.V.
Polish Partners:
LINGWISTA Language Centre Warsaw
University Lodz
Senior Technical College for Tourism and Foreign Languages, Warsaw
Hotel Lord, Warsaw
Turkish Partners:
Goethe-Institut, Ankara
MEKSA Foundation, Ankara
Hotel Dedeman, Ankara