1. What can I expect from PluriMobil teaching resources?
PluriMobil helps students and student teachers benefit from all stages of a mobility project: at the preparatory stage, during the mobility activity itself and after the mobility activity. It gives you and your partner institution concrete pedagocial ideas to plan teaching activities for the whole mobility activity. PluriMobil lesson plans aim to develop communicative competence as well as intercultural, plurilingual and soft skills.
2. Does PluriMobil provide practical information how to plan a mobility project? (e.g. an e-twinning project or a class exchange)?
No, it doesn’t. However, you can find contact details of numerous mobility agencies in the “mobility organizations in Europe” section on this website.
3. How can I get into contact with other schools interested in mobility programmes?
Visit the “mobility organizations in Europe” section – some mobility agencies assist in finding mobility partners.
4. How to start using PluriMobil?
Teachers and teacher trainers are advised to consult the quick start guide, which gives easy-to-follow instructions on how to use PluriMobil lesson plans. It describes in a few steps how to apply our resources to support mobility activities of different target groups.
5. Do I need to be trained to use PluriMobil?
No. The information in the PluriMobil quick start guide and handbook will help you start using our lesson plans.
6. How can I implement PluriMobil in my institution?
The implementation of PluriMobil depends to a large extent on the type of mobility project, the age of the participants and the time and resources available. The sessions before, during and after the mobility activity can be coordinated by foreign language and/or subject teachers at schools and teacher trainers and/or international officers at institutions of higher education.
7. How does it work with a class where only half of the students take part in mobility project?
In such cases students can be offered extra-curricular classes that may take form of workshops, preparatory courses or additional modules.
8. Should all the mobility partners be involved?
In a mobility project in which the sending and hosting institution are involved, we recommend that both sides do similar activities so that learners can exchange experiences and complete the suggested activities in the during-phase together. However, it is possible to use PluriMobil with your students only.
9. How much do I have to pay to use PluriMobil?
Nothing at all! All elements of PluriMobil are free of charge and can be downloaded from this website.
10. Are PluriMobil materials available as hardcopies?
Only the quick start guide is available as hardcopy. You can download all the materials from this website.
11. How much time does it take to implement a lesson plan?
There is no set time – you are free to adapt the lesson plans to the needs of your students and the time available.
12. Do I have to use all the lesson plans?
It is not necessary to use all the lesson plans. Teachers and teacher trainers are free to select the lesson plans that best match the type of mobility project and address their students’ needs. The lesson plans can be used in a variable order: you do not have to use one lesson plan after the other. The choice depends on your needs and context (type of mobility activity, age of learners, available resources, etc.).
13. Do I have to do all the activities suggested in the lesson plan?
It is not necessary to use all the lesson plans. Teachers and teacher trainers are free to select the lesson plans that best match the type of mobility project and address their students’ needs. The lesson plans can be used in a variable order: you do not have to use one lesson plan after the other. The choice depends on your needs and context (type of mobility activity, age of learners, available resources, etc.).
14. Do I have to use the examples in the lesson plans?
No. The examples provided in our lesson plans offer additional materials that can be used to supplement the lesson plan or possible products of your students’ work . Teachers and teacher trainers are free to use self-made teaching aids or resources that they believe are more applicable to their educational contexts.
15. Can I ask my students to prepare a different final product for the portfolio than the one indicated in the lesson plan?
The description of the final product for the portfolio in the lesson plans should be treated as a suggestion that can be modified to match the students’ needs. We suggest using a portfolio to collect the outcomes of learning mobility activities, such as posters, definitions, descriptions, questionnaires, presentations, self-assessment grids, etc., in order to enhance reflective skills and foster learner autonomy. Moreover, teachers and teacher trainers may choose between a traditional and an electronic portfolio or, alternatively, decide to replace it with a blog or a learning diary. It is also recommended to combine working with PluriMobil tools and the European Language Portfolio, provided this document is already used in the given institution.
16. Should the students use the language of schooling or the target language?
PluriMobil activities can be carried out in the school language or in the target language, depending on the students’ level of competence. However, we recommend that, if possible, the activities be conducted in the target language to give students more extensive exposure to this language and prepare them for real-life communication during the mobility activity. It will also help them learn to negotiate the meaning and use communication strategies in the target language.