SUN.COM is an EU funded project which has developed an online community for language learning of less used languages. If you want to learn Greek, Latvian, Romanian, Russian, Italian, Polish, Czech, Albanian or Slovenian visit the website http://sunlangcom.vision-solutions.gr and make a profile. In case you need any further information contact us at euprograms@action.gr

1. SUN.COM
Sustainable Networking through a Language Learning
Community
Project Presentation
Final Conference- Bucharest
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2. Introduction
Main aim: To form a methodology and develop a platform in order
to promote language learning through informal language learning
communities
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3. Languages that are offered
 Main emphasis on the less used and spoken languages
 Greek
 Italian
 Russian
 Albanian
 Slovenian
 Latvian
 Polish
 Czech
 Romanian
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4. Partners
 Action Synergy (Greece)
 HCC (Greece)
 AΝUP (Romania)
 LCC (UK)
 IEIE (Germany)
 BSW (Germany)
 Universita’ Orientale (Italy)
 Baltic Bright (Latvia)
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5. Basic Concepts
 Learning happening as a result of social interaction that is taking
place between the users of the platform
 There are no teachers and students: there are learners that are
willing to learn a language, other learners and native speakers willing
to support them in this learning process and moderators that
coordinate the activities of the community
 The users are able to share educational material with each other
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6. Target Groups
 Foreign language teachers
 Foreign language learners
 Native speakers of the languages that are being learnt
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7. Data from the platform
(until 8.4.2014)
• For the period June 2013 – 8. April 2014
• 637 registered users
• 615 active users
• 309 forum threads

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9. Main Resources of the
Community
SunLangCom Platform
http://sunlangcom.vision-solutions.gr
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10. Main Resources of the
Community
Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/SuNCommunity
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11. Activities realised in the
community
 Discussions in the forum
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12. Activities realised in the
community
 Discussions in the forum
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13. Language Learning Material
 Practice the language through language learning material
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14. Synchronous Events
 Participate in Synchronous Language Learning Events
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15. Meet other people that speak
or learn the language
 Meet people through the community
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16. Learn about the culture of the
country
 Learn information about the culture of the country that you learn
the language of
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17. Competitions
• Share a language and win a tablet (competition for the most active
users of the community per language)
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18. Teacher Training Seminars
• SuNLangCom online seminars for teachers
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