About the Project
The main goal of the project was to initiate learning the following languages: Polish, Italian, Spanish and Hungarian using the benefits of non-formal education, in which participants mainly used kitchen tools. Almost every day, young people exchanged traditional dishes from one of the countries and spoke a language of the same origin as the dishes.
During the project, by cooking in Polish, Spanish, Italian and Hungarian, the participants also explored the topic of healthy eating, proper selection of food products for meals, preparing the right proportions of dishes, counting calories and translating the pleasure of cooking into well-being. Their task during the exchange was to develop innovative methods of learning foreign languages using the extremely popular activity of cooking. The youth exchange perfectly illustrated the multiculturalism of the partner countries, engaging all the senses in the process.
Project details
We had many goals in creating the project. We are passionate about learning and using foreign languages and taking full advantage of all the benefits this skill brings. We are fascinated by: the multiculturalism of Europe, the ability to move freely between EU countries without restrictions, learning about different customs, traditions, temperaments and, above all, establishing interpersonal contacts. To be able to fully benefit from all the benefits we give to the EU, we must meet one condition. The condition is, of course, the ability to communicate also when traveling abroad, and therefore knowledge of foreign languages. Cooking is a great place to develop this key skill.
We know that the way we cook expresses our culture, customs, habits and temperament, and the fact that they are so different from each other further increases our curiosity. We invite you to watch videos recorded during the youth exchange carried out as part of the Erasmus+ project:
Photo report from the event
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