Author: Marlous Visser

We have made a lot of progress in the last couple of weeks with the BabelAR game. We even got the chance to test it with a few multilingual pupils in Belgium. Curious about their reactions? Watch this video. 

On the 13th of November 2020 we organize an online event called ‘Multilingual Primary Schools’. This webinar will be hosted by Trinity College Dublin. In this event we will share some of the context and outputs of the project. Chaired by Professor Lorna Carson, a panel of four international guest experts will present research-led best…
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Multilingual teaching – sharing experiences and resources from the VirtuLApp project Date: 15 October 2020, 4 pm. CEST Click here to register (#Erasmusdays) As the VirtuLApp project enters its final year, the team are busy refining their outputs and preparing to test them as widely as possible. During this webinar, you can meet the team…
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Unfortunately we must announce the postponement of TCD’s Multiplier Event, due to the evolving situation surrounding Covid-19. Our team will be working on a new date to showcase our work, and we will stay in touch.

The full programme for our event on 3 April 2020 in Dublin is ready. Don’t forget to register!

Join us in Dublin on Friday 3 April for our next Multiplier Event. This event is hosted by our partners in Dublin at Trinity College. We will update you on the creation of our augmented reality game for primary school kids, unveil more of our teaching videos and tips, and share some new research on…
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There are two (!) new videos available in our series on successfully creating multilingual classrooms: ‘Making the school a multilingual space’ and ‘Home languages in the classroom’. The school De Twa Fjilden in the Netherlands focuses on making their pupil’s multilingualism visible in the school and they integrate home languages in the classroom. Want to…
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We launched our first practical set of outcomes at a workshop on 17 & 18 October 2019 at LUCA School of Arts in Gent, Belgium. This 2-day event included the launch of VirtuLApp’s new quiz on multilingualism which is where we got to meet Babel who guides participants keen to check their general knowledge about…
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Come and join us at our free multiplier event on 17 & 18 October at the LUCA School of Arts in Ghent, Belgium. Designed for teachers, principals, trainers, parents, researchers and the general public, this event will share information on language diversity and new technologies in primary education. You will become acquainted with the latest…
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Our team members Joana Duarte and Rose Thys presented our project at the ECER Conference in Hamburg last week. The focus of the presentation was on discussing the potentials of the quiz and the multi-player game for teachers’ professional development.