LANGO, Language on the go

Overview

LANGO is a project funded by ERASMUS+ and involves five partner organizations in the following countries: The Netherlands, Belgium, Turkey, Greece, and Finland. The languages of these countries represent the target languages on the app. There will be many refugee languages common to those of the arrivals in each of the partnered countries. These will include common mother tongues such as Arabic and Farsi, as well as some minority dialects such as the three dialects of Kurdish, Sorani, Bardini, and Kurmanji.

Therefore, all the menu items and vocabulary contained on the app in the target language can be translated into the mother tongue of the learner. This feature will enable learners without a foreign language background to begin educating themselves on a free, easy, and fun to use mobile app.

The web-portal will contain printable PDF study material and will play host to the animated Daily Life series involving 10 x two-minute episodes in each of the partnering languages. These episodes will also include follow-up exercises to support a better understanding of the content and at the same time, teach critical cultural differences.

Project LANGO is an innovative and creative way to engage refugees and newcomers in their integration process in an entertaining way. After all, learning should be fun.