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December 4, 2020
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There are growing numbers of multilingual classrooms and schoolchildren in the European Union acquiring/learning more than one language. Linguistic diversity raises the issue of how schools can make best use of this potential, especially when the presence of immigrants and refugees’ children is a school reality. ‘Code-switching’ as a term refers to the alternative- permanent or temporary- use of two (or more languages) by the users on social, cognitive, linguistic, personal grounds. This practice entails highly potential opportunities for mixed classrooms. The creation of an attractive teaching-learning context is required.

The L-COCOON project promotes this asset of bilingualism, or/and multilingualism to the individual, schools and subsequently society at large, by:

  • a) enhancing teachers’ reflections towards code- switching cases, enriching their teaching practices and bi/multilingualism establishment,

  • b) empowering the students themselves in the process of language acquisition.

The main objectives are:

  • promotion of a comprehensive approach to language teaching and learning through code-switching practices, and via the increasing linguistic diversity at schools,

  • design and development of bilingual teaching options,

  • use of innovative New Technologies tools and the integration of language dimension across the curriculum.

L-COCOON includes 7 partners, (the EUROPEAN LEARNING CENTRE- ELC, XENIOS POLIS, CSI-CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION, EUROSPEAK LANGUAGE SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA, RJ4ALL, RESET) from 4 countries (Cyprus, Greece, Spain, UK).