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The FAVOR project: final report

The FAVOR project: final report
The FAVOR project: final report
There is strong government and societal acknowledgment of the importance of learning languages, and the FAVOR (Finding a Voice through Open Resources) project has worked to showcase the excellent and often unrecognised work of part-time, hourly-paid language teachers in universities, by engaging them in activities which enhance the student experience and contribute to the academic life of their institutions. This project worked with part-time language tutors across five universities (Aston, Newcastle, UCL SSEES, SOAS and Southampton) to create and publish more than 340 new open educational resources for students. Resources are in at least 18 languages and are free to download, use and adapt. Materials include teaching activities and new resources which give prospective students a ‘flavour’ of language study at university. In the process of becoming ‘open practitioners’, tutors have learnt new technical skills, shared pedagogical ideas and learnt from others, and adopted new approaches to creating materials. Their project work has raised their profiles within their universities and the community and made a lasting impact on their teaching.
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Borthwick, Kate
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Borthwick, Kate
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Borthwick, Kate (2012) The FAVOR project: final report Jisc 36pp.

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Abstract

There is strong government and societal acknowledgment of the importance of learning languages, and the FAVOR (Finding a Voice through Open Resources) project has worked to showcase the excellent and often unrecognised work of part-time, hourly-paid language teachers in universities, by engaging them in activities which enhance the student experience and contribute to the academic life of their institutions. This project worked with part-time language tutors across five universities (Aston, Newcastle, UCL SSEES, SOAS and Southampton) to create and publish more than 340 new open educational resources for students. Resources are in at least 18 languages and are free to download, use and adapt. Materials include teaching activities and new resources which give prospective students a ‘flavour’ of language study at university. In the process of becoming ‘open practitioners’, tutors have learnt new technical skills, shared pedagogical ideas and learnt from others, and adopted new approaches to creating materials. Their project work has raised their profiles within their universities and the community and made a lasting impact on their teaching.

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Published date: 28 September 2012
Organisations: Modern Languages

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Local EPrints ID: 345780
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/345780
PURE UUID: b374d558-7222-43f5-ad51-6dfd14f61e5e
ORCID for Kate Borthwick: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2251-7898

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Date deposited: 04 Dec 2012 14:53
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:25

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