The APPEAL regional network intends to:

• Activate inter -institutional communication flows regarding language learning in Schools and Higher Education , at different levels (course program coordinators, teaching staff and students/students);
• Promoting continuous language learning from Basic and Secondary Education to Higher Education, making the acquisition of foreign languages (in interaction with the acquisition of a first and, eventually, a second language) more coherent and efficient , removing obstacles to adjusted progression and enabling multiple learning paths;
• Promoting the development and assessment of skills through the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) , thus allowing the smooth transition from one educational system to another;
• Establish inter-institutional relations by creating a regional network in interaction with the European comparative context of comparable strategies and measures (eg within the scope of the MOLAN project – exchange of information on good practices that serve to motivate language learning);
• Activate Uminho’s existing partnerships ( in the context of Research and Education, especially in the area of Humanities and Teacher Training; in the broader context of cultural outreach activities) at local, regional, national and European level , connecting dispersed projects in this area for a consolidated network of exchange and mutual support ; 
• Launch new projects to promote language learning , using network structures to increase individual and collective awareness of the relevance of languages from a lifelong learning perspective, especially within the scope of the CLIL method (content and foreign language integrated learning) .

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