Public resources for lifelong plurilingual and intercultural learning

• ESAP2: Advanced English for the EMI Classroom at the School of Modern Languages (Maynooth University): in-person courses, open to EMI academics, €995 (discounts for Arqus staff, 5 ECTS credits upon completion)

• Intensive German courses at Treffpunkt Sprachen – Centre for Language, Plurilingualism and Didactics (University of Graz): in-person courses, open to the general public, cost depends on status (from €465 for external participants to €210 for new Erasmus students and incoming students). Participants receive 6 ECTS credits upon completion.
• General language courses at Treffpunkt Sprachen – Centre for Language, Plurilingualism and Didactics (University of Graz): in-person courses, open to the general public, cost depends on status (from €190 for external participants to €90 for students enrolled in a degree programme at the University of Graz). Participants receive 6 ECTS credits upon completion.
• German as a Foreign Language through the INTERDAF e.V. at the Herder Institute (Leipzig University): in-person courses, open to researchers, students and external participants, cost depends on the course. The language courses are tailored to the needs of the course participants, and all courses are based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

• General Irish Language Courses (A1–B2) at the Centre for Irish Language (Maynooth University): in-person and online courses, offered to MU students at a discounted rate of €100, open to MU students and the general public, possibility for a CEFR-based exam, upon successful completion candidates receive a TEG certification (Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge – European Certificate in Irish)
• Intensive course in written Irish at the Centre for Irish Language (Maynooth University): online courses, €600, open to the general public (but students must have at least a B1.2 level), no certification or ECTS credits provided

• Winter course for Lithuanian at the Department of Lithuanian Studies (Vilnius University): in-person courses, open to any person 16 or older, a 2-week course (50 academic hours (1 language class = 1.5 hours); includes culture lectures; organised for all levels of proficiency, starting from A1 and finishing with C1. Language classes start at 9 am and finish at 3 pm. Culture lectures are held in the afternoon.
  • These include topics related to Vilnius University, Lithuanian history, the country’s natural habitat, sociolinguistic situation, political realities, and calendar festivals.
  • On weekdays, guided tours are organised for Vilnius University, the Old Town, Palace of the Grand Dukes, KGB Museum, and other venues. At weekends, there are guided tours to famous sites in Lithuania by bus.
  • The course costs €440 (Scholarships are awarded by the Education Exchanges Support Foundation. Applications can be submitted by students, professors and researchers of foreign institutions of higher education as well as by individuals of Lithuanian descent). Participants receive 3 ECTS credits upon completion.

• Summer courses for Lithuanian at the Department of Lithuanian Studies (Vilnius University): in-person courses, open to any person 16 or older, 2-week or 4-week courses (50 or 100 academic hours (1 language class = 1.5 hours); includes culture lectures (and for the longer course other events as well); organised for all levels of proficiency, starting from A1 and finishing with C1. Language classes start at 9 am and finish at 3 pm. Culture lectures are held in the afternoon.
  • These include topics related to Vilnius University, Lithuanian history, the country’s natural habitat, sociolinguistic situation, political realities and calendar festivals. On weekdays, guided tours are organised for Vilnius University, the Old Town, Palace of the Grand Dukes, KGB Museum and other venues.
  • At weekends, there are guided bus tours to famous sites in Lithuania. The course costs €440 or €670 (Scholarships are awarded by the Education Exchanges Support Foundation. Applications can be submitted by students, professors and researchers of foreign institutions of higher education as well as by individuals of Lithuanian descent). Participants receive 3 or 6 ECTS credits upon completion.

• Evening courses for Lithuanian at the Department of Lithuanian Studies (Vilnius University): in-person courses, open to any person 16 or older, a 3-month evening course takes place in the autumn and spring semesters (50 academic hours (1 language class = 1.5 hours); organised for the levels A1.1, A1.2–A2.1, A2.2–B1.1 and B1.2–B2.1. Classes take place twice a week in the evenings on work days, mostly starting at 6 pm or later), €300 (Discount: 20% for university students and staff), 6 ECTS credits upon completion.

• Free – mover autumn and spring semester courses for Lithuanian at the Department of Lithuanian Studies (Vilnius University): in-person courses, open to Erasmus+ students and any person (aged 16 and over), a 3-month course (70 academic hours (1 language class = 1.5 hours); classes take place three times a week; organised for language levels A1, B1, C1 and other groups – A1, Group 2 – A2. Classes take place in the mornings and/or afternoons on working days. Free movers have classes together with Erasmus+ students), €385 for free-movers only. Discount: 20% for university students and staff, 3 ECTS credits upon completion.

• Autum and spring semester courses for Lithuanian at the Department of Lithuanian Studies (Vilnius University): in-person course, open to any person 16 or older, a 4-month course (352 academic hours (1 language class = 1.5 hours); 1 class per week for 11 weeks. Three groups: Group 1 – A2, Group 2 – B1, Group 3 – B2), €1760 (Scholarships are awarded by the Education Exchanges Support Foundation. Applications can be submitted by students, professors, and researchers of foreign institutions of higher education as well as by individuals of Lithuanian descent; Discount: 20% for university students and staff), 30 ECTS upon completion.

• Two-month course for general Lithuanian (via English or Russian) at the Kalba language school (Vilnius): online courses, open to any person, A1.1 and A1.2., Small groups: 4–7 participants, €199, certificate upon completion.

• Lithuanian language school online for English speakers at the Public Service Language Centre (Vilnius): online courses, open only to English speakers, 30 lessons in the course (1 lesson = 60 min); small groups (4 participants), €270, certificate upon completion.

• All levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2) of Lithuanian at the Language and Culture Institute LINGUA LITUANICA: online, in person and hybrid courses, open to any person, small groups, 50–70 academic hours, €260–320, certificate upon completion.

• Polish language intensive summer course at the School of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners (University of Wrocław): in-person course, 4950 PLN (with accommodation and meals), 2450 PLN (without accommodation and meals), open to any person 16 or older, certificate upon completion.
• Polish language semester course at the School of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners (University of Wrocław): in-person course, 1200 PLN (Special prices: 850 PLN for students and staff, €100 for Erasmus students, free of charge for some scholarships programmes), open to any person 16 or older, after completion 6 ECTS credits.
• Polish language online semester course at the School of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners (University of Wrocław): online course, 850 PLN, open to any person 16 or older.
• One-year intensive course for Polish at the School of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners (University of Wrocław): in-person course, €2950, open to any person 16 or older (main target: persons preparing to study in Polish), certificate upon completion.

• Annual course for Portuguese as a foreign language A1 to C1 at the BabeliUM – Language Centre (University of Minho): in-person course, open to any person, cost depends on the applicant’s status (from €530 for international students to €600 for external students), 210 hrs/semester, no certificate or ECTS credits.
• AnnuBinnual course for Portuguese as a foreign language A1 to B2 at the BabeliUM – Language Centre (University of Minho): in-person course, open to any person, cost depends on the applicant’s status (from €100 for ERASMUS students and €240 for international students to €300 for external students), 60 hrs/semester, no certificate or ECTS credits.
• Summer course for Portuguese as a foreign language A1 to B1 at the BabeliUM – Language Centre (University of Minho): in-person course, open to any person, cost depends on the status of the applicants (from €400 for internationals students to €500 for external students), 72 hrs/semester, no certificate or ECTS credits.
• Online summer course for Portuguese language and culture at the BabeliUM – Language Centre (University of Minho): online course, open to any person, €320, no certificate or ECTS credits.
• Textbook A1/A1+ produced by Sofia Rente in the framework of the Master of Didactics of Portuguese as a Second Language at the BabeliUM – Language Centre (University of Minho): online course, open to any person, free of charge, no certificate or ECTS credits.

• Pons Dictionary: this is an open source for learning German that also includes more than 20 other languages, free of charge
• LEO Vocabulary Trainer: this is an open source for learning German that also includes more than 20 other languages, free with registration
• Leo Dictionary: this is an open source for learning German that also includes more than 20 other languages, free of charge
• PONS Vocabulary Trainer – targeted vocabulary practice: this is an open source for learning German that also includes more than 20 other languages, free with registration
• DW German trainer (language course, vocabulary and grammar): this is an open and free source for learning German, language level A1–A2
• Goethe-Institut’s vocabulary trainer app: this is an open source for learning German, free with registration

• Jordi Tremosa: free access, open source
• Tom Blackmon (president and chief volunteer at Language Guide): free access, open source
• Loecsen: open source, free with registration if you want to keep track of your achievements
• Laura Tegazzin: free access, open source

• Short online Lithuanian course: (Hilbig, I., Daraškienė, I., Žurauskaitė, E. 2020). This is an open and free source for learning Lithuanian, crash course (Introduction to Lithuanian)
• Sėkmės! Vadovėlis lietuvių kalbos A1 (Lūžio) lygiui pasiekti (2 ebooks): (Stumbrienė, V., Daraškienė, I., Vaškevičienė, L. 2023). The textbook includes a mini glossary as well as a number of vocabulary, reading comprehension, speaking and listening comprehension tasks. 0–A1, for adults, costs €16.19, not an open source (downloading the textbook is not free)
• Nė dienos be lietuvių kalbos (ebook): (Stumbrienė, V., Kaškelevičienė, A. 2020), for adults, costs €16.19. The textbook includes vocabulary and grammar tasks. A1–A2
• Nė dienos be lietuvių kalbos. Trečioji knyga (ebook): (Stumbrienė, V., Kaškelevičienė, A. 2021), for adults, free of charge, open source. The textbook includes vocabulary and grammar tasks. B2–C1
• Langas į lietuvių kalbą pradedantiesiems (ebook): (Petrašiūnienė, E. , Valančiauskienė, A. Našlėnaitė Eberhardt, V., Jakaitė-Bulbukienė, K., Vaškevičienė, L. 2023), for adults and beginners, costs €16.19, not an open source (downloading the textbook is not free)
• Kas naujo? Trumpas lietuvių kalbos kursas pažengusiems (ebook): (Kaškelevičienė, A. 2023), for adults, language level A2–B1, costs €9.90, not an open source (downloading the textbook is not free
• Colloquial Lithuanian: The Complete Course for Beginners: (Ramonienė, M. Routledge, 2015), accessible to any person, for beginners, downloading the coursebook is not free. Audio material to accompany the course can be downloaded free of charge (Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Ebook – £50.14)

• Po polsku o Polsce (online version):
• A to polski właśnie 1 i 2: (Garncarek P.)
• Raz, dwa, trzy i po polsku mówisz ty!: (Kołak K. i inni)
• Od dzwonka do dzwonka: (Święcicka A. i inni)
• Polski na dobry start (A1): (Jędryka B. i inni)
• Biblioteka podcastów – Hello Polish!
• A multilingual platform for learning Polish (other languages also available)
• LEKCJE AUDIO – Pozdrowienia z Polski
• Truchcikiem z Kopernikiem – Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu

• Online activities (Instituto Cervantes, Pasatiempos. Rayuela): for adults, language level A1–C2
• Online activities (Hernández Ruiz, ProfedeEle): for adults, language level A1–C2
• Online activities (unkown): for adults, language level A1–C2

• Online activities (Die Zeit): open source, language level A1–C1
• Online activities (unknown): open source, language level A1–C1, for adults

• Lezioni di ITALIANO per TUTTI i livelli!: Graziana Filomeno, Rocco Dabellonio
• L’Italiano per serivere meglio
• Italiano lingua due: Raffaella Marchese
• Loescher Editore
• Italiano in Linea
• ONE WORLD
• Materiale Italiano L2
• Grammatica italiana

• PAŽIŪRĖK! PAKLAUSYK! PASAKYK! Komunikacijos mokymo sąsiuvinis su vaizdo įrašais: (Vaškevičienė, L., Kutanovienė, E., Valančiauskienė, A. Vilnius, 2015), language level A2, open source
• LIETUVIŲ KALBOS VEIKSMAŽODŽIAI (VERBI LITUANI): (Stumbrienė, V., Vilkienė, L. 365 Vilnius, 2015), for Italian speakers learning Lithuanian verbs, open source
• LIETUVIŲ KALBOS VEIKSMAŽODŽIAI (ГЛАГОЛЫ ЛИТОВСКОГО ЯЗЫКА): (Stumbrienė, V., Vilkienė, L., Prosniakova, H. 365, Vilnius, 2015), for Russian speakers learning Lithuanian verbs, open source

• Gramatyka z kulturą. Przez przypadki: (Maliszewski, B.), Materiały dydaktyczne, open source

• MarcoEle, Revista de didáctica español lengua extranjera: (Díaz, L. y A. Yagüe), for adults, language levels A and B
• PROFE de ELE: (Hernández Ruiz), for adults, language level A1–C2
• Online activities: for adults, language level A1–C2

• UGRTerm: produced by the Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization, bilingual (Spanish and English), open access
• List of language resources, including examples from Arqus universities: produced by the Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization, multilingual, open access
• Lexis/Babylon: author: Antonio Lozano Palacios, English and Spanish language, open access
• Learner (Spanish) corpus (written productions): Spanish language, open access
• Diccionario: produced by the Instituto Cervantes, Spanish language

• Online terminological databases from the University of Hamburg: termbank with over 4,000 entries related to higher education, English and German language, prepared by the University Translation Service, free access
• Online terminological databases from the University of Zurich: termbank with definitions and sample sentences in both German and English, English and German language, prepared by the University Translation Service, free access
• Wortschatz Portal, a news corpora: joint project: Leipzig University, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Institute for Applied Informatics, German language, free access

• Glossary with key terms such as discrimination, diversity, gender studies, empowerment of women, gender and equal rights: free access, German language, produced by the Office of the Working Group for Equal Opportunities

• TRIMED – medical terminological database: produced by the Department of Information Engineering, multilingual (English, Italian and French), open access
• CAMEO – commercial terminology resource: produced by the Department of Information Engineering, multilingual (English, Italian, French and Spanish), open access
• DITTO – disarmament international treaty terminology): produced by the Department of Information Engineering, multilingual (Italian and French), open access
• FAIRterm – free web application for multilingual terminology records: produced by the Department of Information Engineering, multilingual, open access
• T4TEC Web Application: produced by the Department of Information Engineering, multilingual (Italian, English and French), open access

• Słownik języka polskiego: Polish, open access
• Wielki słownik języka polskiego: Polish, open access

• Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė // Database of the Dictionary of Etymology of Lithuanian: produced by the Faculty of Philology, Department of Baltic Studies, free access, Lithuanian
• Lietuvos lenkų tarmės // Dialects of Polish in Lithuania: produced by the Faculty of Philology, Institute for the Languages and Cultures of the Baltic, Centre for Polish Studies, Polish, free access
• Antikinių tikrinių vardų skaitmeninė duomenų bazė // Digital database of antique names: produced by the Faculty of Philology, Institute of English, Romance and Classical Studies, Department of Classical Philology, Lithuanian, Latin and Greek, free access
• Thesaurus Latino–Lituanicus: Jungtinis lotynų-lietuvių kalbų žodynas nuo XVII iki XXI amžiaus // Latino–Lituanicus thesaurus (from the 16th century until the 21st century): produced by the Faculty of Philology, free access, Latin and Lithuanian
• LIETUVIŲ – VOKIEČIŲ KALBŲ MOKOMASIS ELEKTRONINIS ŽODYNAS (LiDeW) // Lithuanian – German Online Learner’s dictionary: created by Plaušinaitytė, V. Zubaitienė, V. Našlėnaitė Eberhardt and R. Mittmann, the Faculty of Philology, free access, Lithuanian and German
• Lietuvių žargono bazė // Database of Lithuanian jargon: produced by the Faculty of Philology, free access, Lithuanian
• ESTŲ-LIETUVIŲ KALBŲ ŽODYNAS (EESTI-LEEDU SÕNARAAMAT): (compiled by T. Kattel, G. Priks, R. Šmitaitė, Vilnius 2015), the Faculty of Philology, Estonian and Lithuanian, open access
• CorALit: Lietuvių mokslo kalbos tekstynas // CorALit: Corpus of Lithuanian language of science: produced by the Faculty of Philology, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuanian, open access

• Open tandem programme for students and locals in Granada: offered by the Language Centre, Spanish and other languages

• Open tandem programme for students and locals in Leipzig: offered by the Language Center, German and other languages

• Tandem – Language Learning Partnerships: offered by Treffpunkt Sprachen – Centre for Language, Plurilingualism and Didactics, German and other languages

• Tandem Program F2F: offered by the Language Centre, Italian and other languages
• Tandem Programs Online: offered by the Language Centre, Italian and other languages
• Conversazioni CreAttive: offered by the Language Centre, Italian and other languages

• Recursos lingüísticos: UGR Term / Language Resources, Spanish and English

• Thesaurus Latino-Lituanicus: Jungtinis lotynų-lietuvių kalbų žodynas nuo XVII iki XXI amžiaus: the Centre of Digital Philology (2008-2017), open access
• CorALit: Lietuvių mokslo kalbos tekstynas: the Faculty of Philology and Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuanian scientific language, open access
• Interactive database of learning resources of the Lithuanian language, literature (culture) and history: the Faculty of Philology and Faculty of History, Lithuanian, open access
• AVANTEKSTAS: Dictionary of Lithuanian literary science terms / AVANTEKSTAS Lietuviškų literatūros mokslo terminų žodynas: the Faculty of Philology, Institute for Literary, Cultural and Translation Studies, A. J. Greimas Centre for Semiotics and the Theory of Literature, Lithuanian language, open access
• Prūsų kalbos paveldo duomenų bazė / Database of the Prussian Language Heritage: the Faculty of Philology, Institute for Literary, Cultural and Translation Studies, Department of Baltic Studies and Centre of Digital Philology, Prussian, open access
• Translation Terminology Bank: the Faculty of Philology, Institute for Literary, Cultural and Translation Studies, Department of Translation and Interpretation Studies, Lithuanian, English, German, French, Italian, Latin and Russian, open access
• Vertimo studijų žodynas // Dictionary of Translation Studies: (compiled by L. Pažūsis, N. Maskaliūnienė, R. Darbutaitė, R. Klioštoraitytė, D. Mankauskienė, I. Miškinienė, M. Paura. Vilnius, 2014), the Faculty of Philology, Institute for Literary, Cultural and Translation Studies, Department of Translation and Interpretation Studies, Lithuanian, English, German, French, Italian and Russian, open access
• Lingvodidaktikos terminų žodynas // Dictionary of Lingua-didactic Terms: (compiled by Ramonienė, M., Brazauskienė, J., Burneikaitė, N., Daugmaudytė, J., Kontutytė, E., Pribušauskaitė, J. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2012), by the Faculty of Philology, Department of Lithuanian Studies, Lithuanian, English, French, German and Russian, open access

• Snas.ie: Newly developed website with training resources for teachers of Irish plus authentic teaching and learning resources for Irish, aligned to CEFR levels. Current resources are mostly at levels B1–C1 but A1–A2 resources to be added in 2024–25. All resources are free of charge.

• QuILL Project: funded by the European Commission through the Portuguese National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme. It had seven contractual partners (Vilnius University including) based in six European countries as well as 37 associated partners across the globe.

Description: Database of teaching sources

The project aimed to provide higher education language lecturers with skills to identify, assess, use and create digital and ICT based language teaching sources.

A database of selected, reviewed, tested, assessed and validated e-learning based language teaching sources addressed to Higher education students and everybody who wants to learn 18 different European languages was created.

• QuILL Project: funded by the European Commission through the Portuguese National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme.

Description: Training package

The e-learning based package aimed at higher education LSP lecturers guides them in innovating their language teaching methodologies through the effective use of quality digital-based OER teaching sources. Three modules are included in this package that address the identification, use and creation of quality digital-based language teaching sources. Each module displays two operative tools/checklists, two case studies and an interactive self-assessment test composed of 15 multiple choice questions to be taken by the trainee at the end of each module.

• Implementation of Digital Language Learning Opportunities in Higher Education. Guidelines for Good Practice. Instituto Politécnico de Bragança: (Silva, E. M., Moraldo, S., Zingaro, A., Gómez-Parra, M. E., Szabó, I., Chodzkienè, L., & Ghivirigă, T. (Orgs.) (2023))

Description: This publication is aimed at higher education policymakers, as well as languages for specific purposes (LSP) lecturers. It contains important theoretical and practical guidelines to improve the implementation of digital-based language learning opportunities in higher education. It also intends to present, examine and reflect on the opportunities related to the use of digital technology in the language learning and teaching process. This publication brings together contributions from the six partners that are included in the QuILL project consortium.

• Problem-oriented Soft CLIL approach for LOTE (Problemorientierter Soft CLIL Ansatz für nichtenglischen FS-Unterricht, No. 2018-1-SK01-KA201-046316), interdisciplinary project implemented by three universities and six secondary schools in four countries (Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania and Austria).

Description: problem-oriented Soft CLIL approach for LOTE (Problemorientierter Soft CLIL Ansatz für nichtenglischen FS-Unterricht, No. 2018-1-SK01-KA201-046316), interdisciplinary project implemented by three universities and six secondary schools in four countries (Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania and Austria).