The Erasmus+ funded “E.L.So.M.C.I” programme is a two-year pan-European initiative, which began in September 2020 and aims to develop an educational programme on teaching English to people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and using English songs as a main tool for the teaching process. Learning a foreign language has been shown to be a good way to stimulate cognitive functions, slowing down cognitive decline. To do this, people with MCI are involved in workshops that, by using innovative approaches and methodologies, will help them learn English.
The project coordinator is Alzheimer Hellas (Greece) and the partners are Alzheimer Valencia (Spain), Anziani e Non Solo (Italy), Spominčica - Alzheimer Slovenia (Slovenia) and University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče (Croatia). In the past month, the consortium has finalised the training materials for the workshops that have been included in a methodological guide. This guide contains all information and educational materials to implement the workshops. At the moment the workshops have already started in Greece, Spain, Croatia and Slovenia, while they will start in Italy next months. The next steps of E.L.So.M.C.I project will focus on the creation of an e-learning platform and an online training course about MCI, how to teach English using songs and how to implement the workshops. To find out more, visit: https://www.songsforcare.eu
