Work package n°1 'Project Management'
Lead partner: UKF (SK)
Time line: September 2022 - June 2025
WP1 objective: administrative and financial management of the project
Main activities:
- Coordination of the project activities and events, and their monitoring to ensure all of them are timely
carried out and outputs delivered on a high qualitative level.
- Financial management of the project budget and cash flow.
- Split and allocation of tasks among partners.
- Checking timely completion of the tasks and delivery of the project outputs.
- Managing transnational project meetings.
- Communication with the National Agency and writing reports (interim and final).
Work package n°2 - IP modules design and their testing
Lead partner: UBB (PL)
Time line: November 2022 - August 2023
WP2 objective: design and development of IP modules for two languages: English and German at A2
level of proficiency
Main activities:
- Identification of predictors which will be address in the IP modules.
- Design of the structure of a module.
- Development of five modules for English (each lower secondary school partner) and five for German (each
upper secondary school partner).
- Testing the designed modules whether they work or not with learners.
- Amending the modules based on teachers' comments and feedback.
- Selection of 10 English and 10 German core modules for the text-books.
- Publishing and displaying the Intervention Programs for development of reading comprehension in English and
German.
Work package n°3 - Monograph on Intervention in teaching FL reading comprehension
Lead partner: UKF (SK)
Time line: June 2023 - February 2024
WP3 objective: to provide theoretical background for in-service teachers about intervention
program and its use.
Main activities:
- Design of the contents of the monograph.
- Writing the 1st chapter of the monograph devoted to intervention as such and predictors which can be
developed under the impact of intervention.
- Writing the 2nd chapter of the monograph dealing with the development of foreign language reading
comprehension at different age levels and levels of language proficiency. It also mentions variety of text
types appropriate for the school use.
- Writing the 3rd chapter of the monograph focusing on methodology of teaching reading and identification of
reading strategies.
- Translation of the monograph text into national languages of the partners (Slovak, Czech and Polish).
- Language and technical preparation of the tree monographs for publishing.
Work package n°4 - Verification of the designed IPs modules and dissemination events
Lead partner: OSU (CZ)
Time line: February 2024 - January 2025/June 2025
WP4 objectives:
- to verify the efficiency of the whole complex of modules designed for IP for development of FL reading
comprehension in English and German language
- to disseminate the project results (outputs of WP2 and WP3) and share the examples of good practice with
wider community of FL teachers
Main activities:
a) academic partners
- coordination of experimental teaching (application and verification of IPs for English and German)
- development of pre-tests and post-tests for testing students FL reading comprehension
- monitoring the whole process of IPs application in school teaching
- processing the data from tests, comparing findings and results
b) school partners
- testing FL reading comprehension of their learners: pre-test - before the start of the IPs implementation
and post-test - after the IP application
- implementing IPs for development of reading comprehension in English (lower secondary schools) and for
German (upper secondary schools) during 10 weeks - verification of IPs in two rounds: one in sprig 2024 and
the other one in autumn 2024
- organizing dissemination events
The first Transnational Project Meeting (TPM1)
KICK-OFF MEETING
Held at the University of Bielsko-Biala (Poland)
Date: 29-30 September 2022
The first Transnational Project Meeting was held at the University of Bielsko-Biala (PL) on 29-30 September, 2022.
It was chaired by the main project coordinator - prof. Eva Stranovská from UKF (Slovakia). Representatives from
all academic partner institutions - UKF (SK), OSU (CZ), UBB (PL) actively participated in the meeting.
Representatives from lower and upper secondary schools did not take part in the meeting as they will be
coordinated by their academic „supervisor“
The meeting was carried out following all the items of its programme:
- presentation of the partner institutions
- discussion on Partnership Agreements and Partner responsibilities
- focusing on budget categories and supporting documents required for each budget category
- setting up the Financial Management Team
- setting up the Monitoring Team
- proposals and agreement on the tasks within the first period of the project life.
The following tasks were agreed for the period October 2022 - March 2023:
- academic partners will have meetings with the schools they coordinate in their city/region to explain them
the task they are obliged to fulfil
- each partner will develop 5 modules for the relevant language variety of the Intervention Program and submit
them to other school partners
- after discussing and testing the designed drafts of the modules in class teaching, the suggestions for
improvement or additions to the drafts will be implemented
- the developed modules will be prepared and presented at the second TPM in April 2023
- developed monitoring tools and interim monitoring findings to be submitted to the project coordinator by the
Monitoring Team
- each partner will submit the interim report for the given period of the project life to the project
coordinator.
The second Transnational Project Meeting (TPM2)
MODULAR MEETING
Held at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (Slovakia)
Date: 12-14 April 2023
In TPM2 representatives from all partner institutions - both academic and school partners, took part. The total
number of the participants from 9 partner institutions was 29.
PROGRAM
Wednesday: April 12, 2023
Arrival and accommodation of foreign project meeting participants - Hotel River
Thursday: April 13, 2023 (Uniclub)
- 9.00 - 9.30
- Opening and welcome of the meeting participants by the project coordinator (prof. Eva Stranovská)
- Welcoming the participants by UKF and schools in Nitra representatives:
- - doc. PhDr. Martina Pavlíková, PhD., vice-rector for international relations at UKF in Nitra
- - PhDr. Daša Nováčiková, PhD., vice-dean for international relations at the Faculty of Arts, UKF in Nitra
- - RNDr. Zuzana Hurtová, the head teacher at Gymnasium Golianova, Nitra
- - PaedDr. Katarína Vargová, head teacher at Lower secondary school Nábrežie Mládeže, Nitra
- 9.30 - 10.00
- Presentation of the university (UKF in Nitra), presentation of the IDEREC project and its activities (prof.
Stranovská, doc. Hvozdíková)
- 10.00 - 10.30
- Coffee break
- 10.30 - 11.15
- Analysis of submitted IP modules and discussion (prof. Gadušová)
- 11.15 - 12.15
- Work in groups (analysis of the developed IP modules, discussion):
- - English language group - guided by prof. Gadušová,
- - German language group - guided by prof. Stranovská
- 12.15 - 13.30
- Lunch (Riverside restaurant)
- 13.30 - 15.00
- Work in groups (continuation of analysis and discussion):
- - English language group - guided by doc. Hvozdíková,
- - German language group - guided by dr. Hockicková
- 15.00 - 15.30
- Coffee break
- 15.30 - 17.00
- Selection of modules for the Reading Comprehension Intervention Program for English language and German
language
- 17.30 - 19.00
- Sightseeing tour: Nitra castle, diocesan library, Evangelical church
- 19.00
- Dinner (Eldorado restaurant)
Friday: April 14, 2023 (Uniclub)
- 9.00 - 10.30
- Analysis of selected modules observations (common session of English and German group) - guided by dr.
Ficzere
- 10.30 - 11.00
- Coffee break
- 11.00 - 11.45
- Evaluation of findings from observations and suggestions for improvement and modification of the selected
modules (common session of English and German group) - guided by doc. Hvozdíková
- 11.45 - 12.15
- Technical-administrative and financial matters of the project, setting tasks for the next period, delivery
of certificates and monitoring questionnaire - prof. Gadušová
- 12.15 - 13.15
- Meeting of university partners regarding the writing and publication of the monograph - prof. Stranovská
- 13.30 - 14.30
- Lunch (Riverside restaurant)
- 15.00
- Departure, travel of partners
The following tasks were agreed for the period April 2023 - January 2024:
- the authors of the modules from schools will prepare final versions of each of the module and send - by the
end of May 2023:
- modules for IP for the development of reading comprehension in English to Slavka KLlimszova (OSU)
- modules for IP for the development of reading comprehension in German to Elwira Lewandowska (UBB)
These institutions will also be responsible for publishing the text-books.
- Tasks for writing the monograph were split as follows:
- Text for chapter one - UBB
- Text for chapter two - UKF
- Text for chapter three - OSU
UKF will also be responsible for publishing the book.
The Third Transnational Project Meeting (TPM3)
FINAL MEETING
Held at Ostrava University in Ostrava (the Czech Republic)
Date: 11-12 March 2025
In the final TPM3 representatives from all partner institutions - both academic and school partners, took part.
The total number of the participants from 9 partner institutions was 16.
PROGRAM
Tuesday: March 11, 2025
- Morning:
- Arrival and accommodation of foreign project meeting participants – Harmony Club Hotel
- 11.00 – 11.15
- Welcome of the meeting participants by representatives of the host institution
- 11.15 – 11.45
- Review of main tasks of the WP 4 and their completion (prof. Eva Stranovská)
- 11.45 – 12.30
- Presentations about the completion of WP4 activities - given by each of the project academic partner
representative
- 12.30 – 13.30
- Lunch
- 13.30 – 16.00
- Teachers Evaluation of IP modules Verification (IP for English language, IP for German language)
- 16.00 – 16.30
- Coffee break
- 16.30 – 18.00
- Teachers and learners’ feedback from IP piloting and proposals for further work with the Intervention
Program
- 18.00
- Dinner
Wednesday: March 12, 2025
- 9.00 – 10.30
- Planning dissemination events for spring 2025. Discussion about dissemination events (the examples of good
practice will be shared with the wider public in 6 dissemination events)
- 10.30 – 11.00
- Coffee break
- 11.00 – 11.30
- Presenting findings from monitoring and monitoring tools for final stage of the project
- 11.30 – 12.30
- Discussing financial issues of the project, designing time diagram for the last period of the project
- 13.00 – 14.00
- Lunch
- 14.00 – 16.00
- Discussing administrative, budgetary and organizational issues connected with finalization of the project
and preparatory work for writing the final report of the project
- 16.00
- End of the meeting, departure of partners
The following tasks were agreed for the period March 2025 - June 2025:
- The school partners will:
- finalize piloting the Intervention Programs in classes where they started piloting later – by the end of
May 2025
- collect the results from piloting the IPs and deliver them to their supervising academic partners - by
the end of May 2025
- help their academic supervisors with organizing dissemination events and will present some examples of
good practices there
- The academic partners will:
- organize at least 6 dissemination events – 2 per each country involved (1 for English teachers and 1 for
German teachers, but not excluding teachers of other foreign languages) to disseminate knowledge about IPs
for development of reading comprehension in English and German, and to share findings from their piloting as
well as examples of good practice – by mid-June 2025
- All the project partners will:
- write and deliver to the project coordinator their institutional final reports with justified overview of
budget spending - by the end of June 2025
