Researchers at Newcastle University have developed a new way of teaching modern languages.
They provide the latest digital equipment in the kitchen utensils to create the LanCook project - a unique blend of cuisine, art and language teaching.
German, English, French, Catalan, Finnish, German, Italian and Spanish: Working in pairs, guided step by step through a recipe in one of seven different European languages students.
The diversity of culinary history in the UK, the English version has a selection of cakes or chicken curry.
The technology of integrated wireless sensors (similar to a Nintendo Wii) inserted or attached to equipment and ingredients, so the kitchen to identify and evaluate, make the progress the students work in the kitchen. If help is needed, can be provided through a series of audio messages, images or video.
"LanCook speaks a universal problem of language teaching in the classroom - students to rehearse a speech, instead of him," says project leader Professor Paul Seedhouse, University of Newcastle. "It really helps to bring the language to life in an engaging and memorable way and increased competition skills, motivation and self-confidence of students.
"It is part of the culture of this country better, so there. An active role in the learning process"
Next month, the researchers, the results of the European project with the theme "bake-off" on September 25 in Europe House in London, celebrate, where they try to cook recipes partner countries in record time.
The project of the EU sponsored designed to teach languages in an atmosphere of "real life", with the participation of experts and amateurs education and language Finland (University of Helsinki), Germany (University of Paderborn), Italy (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia ), Spain (Autonomous University of Barcelona) and the UK (University of Newcastle).
Under the three-year study, the research teams have a portable version of the digital kitchen be used with more than 300 students to organize cooking classes throughout Europe for life.
In Newcastle, Dr. Anne Preston, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences University, was the organization of workshops with teachers and students, where chefs, linguists and computer scientists to write link and test other recipes for cooking with the help of a " creative tool "designed that anyone can create and upload new recipes.
Researchers from Newcastle, the versions of French and English cuisine developed test also Korean recipes.
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