Background
Background
Parents who speak at least one foreign language are becoming increasingly common throughout Europe. Many of these parents, however, are reluctant to introduce a foreign language to their children without the help of a professional teacher. This is understandable as most parents have not trained either as a teacher or as a language professional.
PASS project has developed a set of support materials to help you to acquire the skills necessary for introducing a foreign language to children alongside their general development. The materials do not require you to have either professional teaching knowledge or linguistic education. The support materials are designed to help you to transform many situations into learning activities. You are provided with tools for integrating learning into everyday activities with your children. As a result, no ‘extra' time for learning is needed.
The support materials have been created for eight languages (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Latvian, Russian and Dutch), piloted in five countries and are now available for you on this site.
The consortium for the project consists of nine institutions from six EU Member States: Latvia, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain. It also involves three associative partners: the European Parents Association, the Ministry of Education in Brandenburg and the Turkish Lifelong Learning Centre.
