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A minimum of 80 students and 24 VET teachers from the Balearic Islands will be able to participate free of charge this summer in two intensive English language immersion courses in Ireland

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The courses will take place in Ireland between July and September.

The aim is to promote the teaching and learning of foreign languages in order to improve the communicative competence in foreign languages of students from the Balearic Islands.

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This summer in two intensive English language immersion courses in Ireland

The Regional Ministry of Education and Universities, through the Directorate General for Vocational Training and Educational Organisation, has published in the BOIB the call for applications for grants so that students and teachers of intermediate-level training cycles associated with the teaching of Foreign Language Reinforcement Plans at publicly funded educational centres in the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands can participate free of charge in two intensive English language immersion courses in Ireland this summer.

The call for applications provides for a minimum of 80 grants for students and a minimum of 24 grants for teachers at 27 public schools and 4 subsidised schools in the Balearic Islands. The recipients of the grants are, on the one hand, students who in the 2023-2024 school year are enrolled in intermediate-level training courses associated with the teaching of the Foreign Language Reinforcement Plans (modality A) and, on the other hand, teachers who in the 2023-2024 school year will be teaching a group in an intermediate-level training course associated with the Foreign Language Reinforcement Plans (modality B).

The placements are completely free of charge and the beneficiary students will receive between 60 and 75 teaching hours of English, while the teachers will receive between 40 and 50 hours. The two courses, lasting two weeks for the teachers and three weeks for the students, will take place in Ireland between 1 July and 15 September 2024 (modality A) and between 1 July and 31 August 2024 (modality B).

The aim of this call is to reinforce the linguistic competence of both students and teachers. In fact, one of the priority objectives of the Regional Ministry of Education and Universities is to promote the teaching and learning of foreign languages in its education system in order to improve the communicative competence in foreign languages of students in the Balearic Islands.

The deadline for submitting applications is 19 April 2024.

Foreign Language Reinforcement Plans

This academic year, a total of 31 schools are participating in the Foreign Language Reinforcement Plans, 27 of which are public and, for the first time, 4 of which are state-subsidised.

The participating centres, distributed by islands, are as follows:

  • Mallorca: CC Aula Balear (Palma), CC CIDE (Palma), CC Jesús Maria (Palma), CC Sant Josep Obrer (Palma), CEPA Mancomunitat des Pla (Vilafranca de Bonany), CIFP Francesc de Borja Moll (Palma), CIFP Joan Taix (sa Pobla), CIFP Juníper Serra (Palma), CIFP L’Embat (Palma), CIFP Nauticopesquera (Palma), CIFP Pau Casesnoves (Inca), CIFP Pere de Son Gall (Llucmajor), CIFP Politècnic de Llevant (Manacor), IES Alcúdia, IES Berenguer d’Anoia (Inca), IES Calvià, IES Felanitx, IES Guillem Colom Casasnoves (Sóller), IES Guillem Sagrera (Palma), IES Llorenç Garcias i Font (Artà), IES Politècnic (Palma) and IES Son Pacs (Palma).
  • Menorca: Josep Miquel Guàrdia Secondary School (Alaior), Maria Àngels Cardona Secondary School (Ciutadella) and Pasqual Calbó i Caldés Secondary School (Maó).
  • Eivissa: CIFP Can Marines (Santa Eulària del Riu), IES Balàfia (Sant Llorenç de Balàfia), IES Isidor Macabich (Eivissa), IES Quartó de Portmany (Sant Antoni de Portmany) and IES Sa Blanca Dona (Eivissa).
  • Formentera: IES Marc Ferrer (Sant Francesc Xavier).

All information is available at the electronic headquarters of the Administration of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands.

These grants have a budget of 436,800 euros and are funded by the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sport and the European Union-NextGenerationEU, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan Mechanism.