PROJ/IPV/ID&I/030
JASM – Open window onto the world: Foreign languages, multimodal creativity and pedagogical innovation in higher education

Pedagogical innovation is at the centre of Higher Education (HE) priorities, with a concern to renew its practices in order to motivate students and provide experiences adapted to the professional reality. The improvement in foreign languages (FL), especially with students who do not proceed with language training, does not discard this questioning, even because the competences in FL in the work environment are unanimously recognized as vital, being therefore, by right their inclusion in the training plans. The Project-based learning approach in an interdisciplinary and collaborative work perspective, using multimodality in communication, is a consistent asset working the various dimensions of language in French and English, in their connections with cognitive representations. JASM project aims to develop an experience of active pedagogy at the School of Education of Viseu with students of the 1st cycle in Media Studies enrolled in the various FL curricular units in order to promote the acquisition of multilingual skills and the development of a plurilingual conscience thanks to the mobilization of the various dimensions of language (aesthetic and emotional, in addition to cognitive), in a creative, collaborative and interdisciplinary work environment. In this project, the topic of interdisciplinarity is highlighted, combining FL with digital art. Keywords: pedagogical innovation, higher education, project-based learning approach, foreign languages and linguistic and cultural diversity, multilingual and multimodal artistic creativity, collaborative and cooperative work, aesthetics and emotion.
Destaca-se neste projeto a questão da interdisciplinaridade, aliando as LE à arte digital.
Palavras chave: inovação pedagógica, ensino superior, pedagogia de projeto, línguas estrangeiras e diversidade linguística e cultural, criatividade artística multilingue e multimodal, trabalho colaborativo e cooperativo, estética e emoção.