This project (2020-1-PT01-KA226-HE-094809) has been funded with support from the European Commission.
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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This web site reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Testimonials from the participants in the QuiLL project.
The QuILL project provides a refined and efficient platform for Language Learning students and lecturers where to access trusted and qualified resources to enhance their practice. The three intellectual outputs described accurately identify the necessities and challenges affecting the Leaning Language community and propose a solid and skilled response.
Belén Cornejo Daza, Spain (UGR)
Today I had the brilliant opportunity to participate in 'Quality in language learning' course, and it was amazing. I really loved the three stages you can find there: teaching sources, training package and the publication. I focused more on the sources and the training package. About the sources, I think it is marvellous the way they are structured, the information they exposed and the inspiration they give us as teachers. Futhermore, the training package is very useful to inform us about new technologies and the uses we can implement in our sessions. Besides, about the website's appearance, it is very easy to find the information you want because it is well organized.
Laura Díaz Santiago, Spain (ULPGC)
"As a future teacher I consider this project as an awesome tool to take into account when teaching. For instance, when you click on 'Database of teaching resources' you have access to a list of links of activities that work on different and interesting areas, which is quite useful for us. For sure, I will use some if these resources in future occasions. "
Lorena Quintana Rodríguez, Spain (ULPGC)
"The QUILL proyect (Quality in Language Learning) is a very useful tool for teachers to help them teach a foreign language. The website offers three different options: Database of Teaching Sources, On-line Training Package, and a publication of a book.In the database of teaching sources, I could find multiple resources in so many different languages and adapted to every level, from A1 to C2. You are able to select also the topic of the resources you are looking for. In the publication I found a book called 'Implementation of Digital Language Learning Opportunities in Higher Education', which I believe it is really helpful to understand the best way of introducing languages through the technology. From my point of view, it is a really useful website for teachers who want to find the best resources flr their students."
Daimara Jezabel Suárez Cruz , Spain (ULPGC)
The three project outputs all have great value for me. They are all available online and easily shared so that networking and the exchange of ideas are readily carried out. The teaching resources have an impressive breadth of titles and domain areas which can be applied to my teaching context - and I'm sure many others. There is ample room to adapt these resources too. As a lecturer in higher education, I am not presently directly involved in teacher training, but given my area of expertise is foreign language methodology, the training package allows me to reflect on my own teaching activities, and I could use these in conferences related to teacher education as well as in teacher-training courses in the future. The publication provides a solid overview of the principles and practices that underpin the QuILL as a whole and in many respects gives a flavour of each project partner's contexts and practices, and the challenges and possibilities therein. /Addressing the question of access and use of digital resources for language learning - specifically languages for specific purposes - and the crucial aspect of how to implement these in HEI. The teaching resources provide concrete guidelines and steps to do this, but are also flexible enough to be transferred to other contexts other than those in which they were validated. Further, making so many open educational resources available in one place (the website) provides a ready-made pool of resources to drawn on. This is why, in my opinion, it is crucial to maintain, add and adapt the website - and continue with its promotion and use.
Mark Daubney,Portugal
The QuILL project was showcased at the Learning. Life. Work Conference held at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, USA, in June 2024. In their presentation, Elisabete Mendes Silva and Isabel Chumbo showed evidence of the sustainability of the project, highlighting its major strengths and potentialities in the current educational contexts. The project gained international visibility, reaching academic communities across the globe—including Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Japan, and several European countries such as England, Scotland, and Switzerland. As a result of the conference, an article was published
Silva, E.M., Chumbo, I. (2024). Technology enhanced language learning in higher education. The case of the European project QUILL. AMPS PROCEEDINGS JOURNAL SERIES. 38.2. (86-94), ISSN 2398-9467 http://hdl.handle.net/10198/31162
The Quill project was awarded an honourable mention by the Portuguese Erasmus+ Education and Training National Agency in the category of Cooperation Partnerships in Higher Education for the year 2023
The Quill project was presented in the framework of the international colloquium "Romanian academic lexicography. The challenges of informatization", initiated and organized by the Department of lexicology and lexicography at the "Alexandru Philippide" Institute of Romanian Philology of the Romanian Academy - Iași Branch, is mainly dedicated to lexicography regarding the Romanian language and the digitization process of linguistic research, thus having a unique character at national level. The video of the event is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoqMxprBBzE.