Erasmus+ is the new EU programme for education, training, youth and sport for the period 2014-2020. Erasmus+ offers opportunities to study, train, gain work experience or volunteer abroad and one of its strategic objectives is to strengthen linguistic skills and support language learning.
The Online Linguistic Support (OLS) supports language learning for Erasmus+ mobility participants. The OLS offers participants in Erasmus+ long-term mobility activities (Key Action 1) the opportunity to assess their skills in the foreign language(s) they will use to study, work or volunteer abroad. In addition, selected participants may follow an online language course to improve their competence.
Erasmus Online Language Support (OLS) exam is defined the licenses for these students who is completed the contract process. You need to check your university e-mail accounts (including spam mail boxes). The user name, password and link are sent to the students who is defined the license so that they can login directly to the system via e-mail. It is necessary to complete the exam. If the student has language proficiency, (B2 or more) the students will be able to take an online course if he / she wishes to take a course in the language of the destination country or in the language of the student's country. Please inform us via e-mail. The language course is automatically defined for students who achieve B1 or less from the language test. It is not mandatory to follow the language course, but it is highly recommended.
The OLS courses are available on 12 languages; English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Czech, Danish, Swedish, Portuguese.
• The Online Linguistic Support Programme (OLS) supports language learning for Erasmus+ mobility participants.
• The OLS offers participants in Erasmus+ long-term mobility activities (Key Action 1) the opportunity to assess their skills in the foreign language(s) they will use to study or work abroad. In addition, selected participants may follow an online language course to improve their competence.
• You should take OLS, otherwise you will not be provided with the remaining 20% of your grant.
For more information about OLS, you can use the links below;
https://erasmusplusols.eu/
https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/resources/online-linguistic-support_en
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