Completed projects

In this project funded by the Province of Salzburg and the Salzburg Museum, the Language Centre developed a concept and materials for language and cultural learning at the Salzburg Museum. The focus is on open tasks that promote higher-level skills (discursive skills, (trans)cultural skills) and exchange among the participants. The Language Centre also carried out the accompanying empirical research. The materials developed, including teacher’s guidelines, can be downloaded from the Language Center’s website.

This is the predecessor project of SpraKuS (linguistic and cultural learning in the Salzburg Museum). Within the framework of  an externally funded project from  the Federal Chancellery of Austria “Just say it. Say it out loud. Easy language as the key to the museum”, the Language Center was responsible for designing a German course at the museum. The materials developed (teaching/learning) as well as the brochure with background information and the results of the empirical accompanying research can be downloaded from the Language Centre’s website.

In the EVAL-IC project (Evaluation des compétences en intercomprehension: reception et interactions plurilingues, Erasmus+), a competence model and a reference framework with descriptors as well as an evaluation procedure for intercomprehension (multilingual communication within language families) were developed. The materials are available on the project website in French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish.

The European research network REDINTER (Rede Europeia de Intercompreensão; funded by the Lifelong Learning Program) brought together 28 European institutions and 27 associated partner institutions to promote intercomprehension (multilingual communication in language families) in Europe. The aim was to combine existing approaches within intercomprehension research, evaluate materials and integrate the didactics of intercomprehension into foreign language teaching.

In this project, teaching materials for adult learners of German were created as part of the “Dental health care” program of the ÖGK – Salzburg regional office. The basics of dental health care for children were didactically prepared. The materials (brochure for learners, teacher’s guide, solutions, additional materials) and are intended for use in integration courses and they are available on the project page of the Language Center.

In this second of a total of 3 externally funded projects on the topic of health and preventative healthcare for children, materials for German learners on the topic of “Healthy eating for young children” were also developed. The materials are aimed at adult learners of German and are intended for use in  integration courses. The project was funded by the Salzburg Regional Health Insurance Agency and the Main Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions.

In this project, carried out within the framework of the Association of Austrian Language Centers and Institutions (VUS), surveys were conducted among teachers and participants at Austrian language centers. The aim was to identify potential for further development and develop quality standards for language centers.