Introductory Video

About this Module

Time Needed

Learning Outcomes

Target Audience

Module Structure

Step 1: What are the challenges and obstacles you face? Identify them.
Step 2: What are your requirements? How can you overcome the challenges you have identified?
Step 3: Who is your community? Who can help and support you?
Step 4: What is your decision? What is the best option for your situation?
Step 5: How has your mindset changed? Can you now help others? Reflect on what you have learned.

Keywords

Challenge: an event or circumstances that require a solution in order for you to reach your goal. For this module, a challenge could be finanical cost, a health or personal issue that you live with.
Linguistic Competence: your ability to communicate (speaking, reading, writing) in a language.
Comfort Zone: the way in which you are used to experiencing the world. It can mean your everyday routive, a cultural environment familiar to you, the type or work or activities you do etc...
Pros vs Cons: usually a list of points or considerations that may be classed as "helpful / positive / advantageous" and "unhelpful / burdensome / challenging". Often used to help someone make a decision.

About the Developers

Aleksandra Sklarzewicz (Jajiellonian University)
Evalien Rauws (University of Amsterdam)
Eleonora Sausa (University of Pavia)
Catherine Convery (University College Dublin)
Eduardo Alias Gómez (University of Granada)
Shane Lordan (University College Dublin)

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