PHASE 1: Sharing and disseminating experiences on Early Foreign Language Learning and Teaching in a Nordic/Baltic context

08/2016: Establishment of the project website "Developing Early Foreign Language Learning and Teaching in the Nordic/Baltic Context"

08-09/2016: Preparing the workshop and the national contributions to the website in a national context: existing research, publications/links, teaching materials, teaching plans, international cooperation partners within the project's three thematic areas

09/2016: 2-day workshop for researchers, teacher trainers and teachers in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Workshop title: "Sharing Nordic/Baltic experiences on Early Foreign Language Learning and Teaching"

Thematic area 1: Initial and in-service teacher education course modules

Thematic area 2: Best practice teaching materials for Early English, French, German and Spanish

Thematic area 3: The plurilingual perspective in early foreign language learning and teaching

10/2016: First contact to the ECML's National Contact Points

10/2016: Establishment of the project's international panel

10-12/2016: Integrating all provided information into the website

10/2016: Based on the first workshop: Cross-sectoral national teacher/teacher trainer/researcher meeting in order to investigate ideas for (further) development

11/2016: Based on the three thematic areas: Cross-national researcher/teacher trainer skype meeting 1 in order to prepare workshop 2

12/2016: Based on the three thematic areas: Cross-national researcher/teacher trainer skype meeting 2 in order to prepare workshop 2

12/2016: Cross-sectoral national teacher/teacher trainer/researcher meeting in order to prepare workshop 2