Welcome to TALKING FOREIGN
Talking Foreign is a workshop aiming
1. to explore informal learning
2. to take an active approach to intercultural communication
3. to practice and develop “Globish”, i.e. English as a Lingua Franca
Talking Foreign had a successful first run as a Grundtvig Workshop in the Lifelong Learning programme of the EU and has been nominated for the Lifelong Learning Award 2011.
Talking Foreign is one example of our work of creating, building and developing informal learning frameworks.
We are looking for partnership with institutions that could run this or similar workshops and whose members would benefit from this kind of informal learning experiences. If you are interested please contact us.
Exploring Informal Learning
The workshop Talking Foreign is an informal, motivational and playful way of improving the performance in a second or foreign language. Focusing on the structures and conditions that make the learning of the first language possible the workshop allows to discover, explore and experience language as a binding element.
Intercultural Communication
Talking Foreign initiates a process of personal growth that reaffirms the identity of the participant and supports his self-assurance in the intercultural communication. The participants will recognise cultural differences and perceive them as opportunities rather than barriers.
Talking Globish
A Lingua Franca, a language detached from territorial contexts, is a necessity in the multilingual Europe. Political repercussions and implications aside the "language issue" is welcome and fascinating. The workshop Talking Foreign creates a space in which the English language is freed from territorial attachement. Different language identities merge into it and English becomes Globish.