ADRIES 2018 Conference, 12th to 14th October 2018 in Split, Croatia

Let´s Learn&Lead together, Slovakia! The Association of language schools of Slovakia is a multi-organizational non-governmental organization that aims to facilitate continuing education of schools and teachers, enterprises and society, supporting development of different competencies, as well as personal and professional skills. AJS cooperates with governmental and non-governmental organizations in order to improve the segment of […]

Registration for the 2nd Prolant Cap Conference

Po prvom úspešnom ročníku medzinárodnej konferencie Prolant Cap 2017 vás srdečne pozývame na  jeho 2.ročník, ktorý sa uskutoční v dňoch 1. – 2. júna 2018 v nádhernom prímorskom meste SCARBOROUGH, ktoré sa nachádza v tradičnom grófstve North Yorkshire, na najlepšiu  jazykovú školu v Severnom Anglicku, Anglolang Academy. Konferencia Prolant Cap je kľúčovou udalosťou organizovanou Slovenskou asociáciou jazykových škôl (AJS SR), ktorá nadväzuje […]

Interview with Adrian Underhill

Dear Adrian, you facilitated the 1st Prolant Cap Conference in Bratislava. What was it like for you? For me it is a pleasure to be with people who are learning and inquiring, while trying to develop human situations for the benefit of all. When you were asked to come and lead the Conference, what was […]

PROLANT CAP – In Malta

In November 2016, an initial attempt was made to gather together all the resources that had been carefully planned by the PROLANT CAP teams. Malta hosted partici-pants from Slovakia, Latvia, Italy, France and UK; in total 42 teachers! The plan was to develop 2 industry specific language courses for the automotive and tourism indus-tries using […]

Interview with a modern automotive manager

“I choose to be happy” AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALIST CONSULTANT Stephane Castets Stéphane CASTETS is Quality Vice- President of the PSA GROUPE in Trnava, and PSA worldwide industrial quality network President. He gra-duated from a famous engineering school in France. He likes to say: “in this industry, we are living a permanent miracle” because of the number […]

PROJECT INTRODUCED AT CANSPEAK ANNUAL CONVENTION

Friday 21 October, I was welcomed by 26 canSpeak centres to the canSpeak Annual Convention 2016 held this year in Angers, France, to share with them the PROLANT CAP project. Following on from an immense interest in teacher training since the previous canSpeak convention in 2015, the morning had been set aside for discussion on […]

QUALITY PRINCIPLES OF PROLANT-CAP PROJECT

Vocational Education & Training (VET) institutions in Europe are using different quality management (QM) systems and methods. The most commonly used are ISO standards and the TQM (Total Quality Management) approach, as well as the EFQM Excellence model or the CAF model. ISO helps to bring processes in line and to concentrate on various issues in detail, while TQM models give a generic overview of all organisational […]

PROLANT-CAP: WORK IN PROGRESS HANDBOOKS AND LESSON PLANS

The third and fourth outputs of the Prolant-Cap project are the development and delivery of lesson plans for the two training programmes relating to the Automotive sector and the Tourism Industry. More specifically, these training programmes will consist of the course syllabus and a teacher´s handbook with 150 individual lesson plans, organised into sections. Each lesson plan will follow a defined structure to ensure that the design […]

1st Prolantcap Conference

It´s good to know that… This conference is the key event organized by the Slovak Association of Language Schools led by Jana Chynoradská who are coordinating this multinational projec Learning, training and working for better perspectives and employability. It is the common purpose of six European partners (France, the UK, Malta, Latvia, Italy and Slovakia) […]

Teacher Training in Malta—November 2016

Located right in the middle of the Mediterranean, the Maltese Islands are some of the richest in the region, promising diverse culture, a dynamic history, welcoming people and lots of attractions. With an area of just 316sq km, the Maltese Archipelago is one of the smallest in the world. Yet it is also one of the densest, with over 417,000 residents. Only the three largest islands – […]