| Field of study |
Humanities, Applied Linguistics |
| Duration |
2 weeks |
| Dates |
July 20-31 |
| Number of credits |
3 ECTS |
| Contact person |
Name: Dr. Teresė Ringailienė
Email: Terese.Ringailiene@vdu.lt |
| Course-organising units |
The Institute of Foreign Languages
The Faculty of Humanities |
| Lecturers |
Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Bijeikienė , Dr. G. Gelūnaitė-Malinauskienė , Dr. Žieda Tamašauskaitė, Kristina Aurylaitė , Raimonda McGeever , Vaida Misevičiūtė , Dr. María José De Urraza , D. Berūkštienė, D. Pundziuvienė |
| Number of students |
Minimum: 10
Maximum: 30 |
| Target group |
Philology students (BA, MA and PhD), students in education sciences with the focus on languages (BA, MA and PhD) and anyone interested in language learning and teaching . |
| Entry requirements |
Strong motivation, interest in language studies and language learning and English language knowledge at B2 level (CEFR) |
| Short description |
This summer school explores active and practical approaches to contemporary language teaching and learning, equipping the participants with strategies to create more inclusive, engaging and effective learning environments. The participants will examine how the plurilingual approach and mediation practices can support communication, collaboration and learners’ social-emotional development while valuing their full linguistic repertoires.
Through hands-on workshops, the participants will experience and design motivating classroom practices, including escape room challenges, literature and performance-based activities and collaborative learning tasks that promote meaningful language use. The course also focuses on optimising classroom time through flipped learning and developing personalised lesson plans that address diverse learner needs and encourage learner autonomy.
In addition, the participants will explore the pedagogical value of translation and cross-linguistic strategies to strengthen language awareness and communicative competence. They will gain practical tools and adaptable lesson ideas to reimagine language classrooms as interactive, learner-centered spaces that foster both linguistic and intercultural development. |
| Course uniqueness |
Why Join This Summer School?
- Refresh your teaching with innovative, practical approaches.
This summer school offers language educators a unique opportunity to explore active language teaching and learning methods that make language learning more inclusive, engaging and effective.
- Experience language learning.
Participants take part in interactive workshops, gamified challenges, performance activities and collaborative tasks, gaining practical ideas by experiencing them firsthand.
- Take home ready-to-use classroom strategies.
Each session focuses on practical application, enabling the participants to leave with adaptable lesson ideas, materials and techniques ready for immediate classroom use or improve your language learning practices.
- Connect with an international community of language enthusiasts.
The programme encourages collaboration and exchange of ideas among language teachers and enthusiasts from diverse educational contexts, fostering long-term professional connections.
- Enjoy the beauty of Lithuanian summer!
Together with other multilingual and multicultural language enthusiasts, spend two weeks in the second-largest city in Lithuania and enjoy fun and engaging cultural activities: Lithuanian crafts, food (learn how to make a traditional Lithuanian dish yourself), walks in nature, open-air concerts and much more!
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| Aim |
To enhance active language learning and teaching practices |
| Learning outcomes |
Participants will be able to:
- Design inclusive language learning activities that draw on plurilingual and mediation strategies to support communication, collaboration and learners’ social-emotional development;
- Implement engaging and interactive approaches, such as escape rooms, performance and literature-based activities, to promote meaningful language use;
- Optimise classroom time through flipped learning and collaborative task design to increase learner participation and interaction;
- Personalise foreign language lessons by incorporating learner choice, collaboration and differentiated learning pathways;
- Integrate translation and cross-linguistic strategies to enhance language awareness and communicative competence.
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| Programme structure |
- Plurilingual approach in mindset and practice
- Escape Room as an engaging way to learn languages
- Enhancing classroom time efficiency by flipping a classroom
- Literature and performance in language teaching and learning
- Collaboration that works: reimagining language classroom
- Personalisation and foreign language lesson planning
- Translation in language teaching (TILT)
- Mediation strategies in the language classroom to build students’ SEL competencies
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| Fee |
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