language course; tour guides; online learning; mobile platform
intercultural competences, catalogue with methods, e-learning, vocational education
employability, training, professional development, digital skills
digital transition, green transition, upskilling, reskilling
digital transition, micro-credentials, micro courses, validation
In this Newsletter we have two very good pieces of news: the GOLIC GUIDE national research has officially been concluded and the second GOLIC GUIDE meeting between partners, held in Mallorca 6-7.05.2015 was a great success. Many crucial steps have been made towards making GOLIC GUIDE the language app a reality.
Next steps
Research phase conducted in the framework of Golic Guide project took place simultaneously in Poland, Italy, Bulgaria, Turkey and Spain, from December 2014 to mid-March 2015. The filed study involved 66 men and 85 women representing the tour/tourist guide profession, who were the respondents of the questionnaire, and moreover the stakeholders (five from each country) who went through interviews.
Summary of the results from all countries shows many common views and opinions on the situation concerning the need to improve language qualifications among the target group. Main findings:
In the beginning of May 2015 in Mallorca (Spain) was held the second partners meeting in the frame of GOLIC Guide project. Three representatives of Know and Can Association attended the event. All the partners presented and discussed the result of the research conducted in their countries. The future project activities were planned and the distribution of tasks as well.
We are pleased to inform you that the research under the project GOLIC GUIDE - Guide to linguistic competence for tourist guides and tour leaders (2014-1-PL01-KA202-003400) was successfully implemented!
The research was conducted simultaneously in 6 European countries (Bulgaria, Poland, Spain, Gemany, Italy and Turkey) and its aims were:
GOLIC GUIDE project (2014-1-PL01-KA202-003400) is funded by Key Action 2 “Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices”, Sub-Action “Strategic Partnerships for Vocational Education and Training” of the Erasmus + programme. The duration of the project is 2 years and it is aimed at the delivery of training in foreign languages for tourism professionals, especially tourist guides.
