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REFLAME aims at strengthening the capacities of 3 Montenegrin universities to offer modern, market-oriented FL education for non-philology students, as well as second FL education for all students, in response to a growing demand for FL skills so as to meet the requirements of the national law and the demands of the Montenegrin and international labor market. A number of specific objectives will be met: 150 FL syllabi will be updated, which should ultimately reflect in better and more market-customised FL knowledge of the students. Most teaching and learning materials for all available LSPs will be procured. LSP teaching materials (for the fields in high labor demand without any adequate textbooks published by reputable international publishers) will be published to develop the needed LSP knowledge for the students of such fields, which will ultimately reflect in their being better prepared for the labor market as they will possess industry-focused FL skills. FL teaching methodology will be upgraded with special emphasis on introducing and integrating the ICT technologies in FL education, as part of blended teaching and learning, which will be more attractive and motivational for students and otherwise contribute to better teaching and learning results. A number of teachers will be trained to work with visually- and hearing-impaired students, abiding by the inclusion principles. FL placement testing for Montenegrin students will be introduced so that they can independently check their progress and obtain the necessary certification needed for mobility and entering employment.

Aims of the project

The main aim of the project is to strenghten the capacities of three Montenegrin universities to offer modern, market-oriented foreign language education for non-philology students, as well as second foreign language education for all students, in response to a growing demand for foreign language skills in most work positions. Basically, this refers to the FL education for all students except for those who are studying a certain foreign language to obtain a professional teacher or translator degree in it. The reform of foreign language teaching aims to contribute to improving the foreign language knowledge of the Montenegrin university students, so as to meet the requirements of the Montenegrin law and the demands of the Montenegrin and international labour market. This will be done meeting a number of specific objectives, arising from the general aim, each responding to the individual needs presented above:

    1. Update foreign language syllabi, to answer to the need to harmonise them with the new law and also to improve their quality, which should ultimately reflect in better and more market-customised foreign language knowledge of the Montenegrin university students.

    2. Procure most recent textbooks, teaching and learning materials for all available fields of language for specific purposes (LSP), so that the FL teachers can use better and up-to-date resources, which will lead to better teaching and learning results.

    3. Write teaching materials for foreign language for specific purposes (a selection of specific purposes, for the fields without any adequate textbooks published by reputable international publishers and for which these is a high demand in the national labour market, especially those needing high FL skills), so as to develop the needed foreign language for specific purposes knowledge for the students of such fields, which will ultimately reflect in their being better prepared for the labour market as they will possess industry-focused foreign language skills.

    4. Upgrade the teaching methodology of the foreign language teachers. This especially includes introducing and integrating ICT technologies in foreign language education, as part of blended teaching and learning, which will be more attractive and motivational for the students and otherwise contribute to better teaching and learning results. This aim responds to the need to refresh the outdated foreign language methodology and will reflect in improving foreign languages knowledge of the Montenegrin university students. Additionally, a number of teachers will be trained to work with visually- and hearing-impaired students, promoting and abiding by the inclusion principles.

    5. Introduce and implement foreign language placement testing for Montenegrin students (and the general public), so that they can independently check their progress and obtain the necessary certification needed for mobility and entering employment.

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