Centre for languages Studies

Our mission is to bring together people, technology and research to enhance the teaching and learning of foreign languages

The centre for language studies at MIA Digital University offers a multicultural learning experience to students and professional around the globe who want to learn or foreign language or improve their skills.

As workplaces are becoming more globally-minded, companies are seeking employees who speak multiple languages, have experience with different cultures and are able to  explore new business opportunities and operations overseas. Being fluent in two or more languages opens up the door to a variety of job opportunities and allow you to increase your salary between 10 and 15%.

Whether you’re taking your first steps to learn another language or are at an advanced level, our online interactive courses will help you to communicate confidently in your chosen language, by improving your practise speaking, writing and listening. The courses cover levels from A1 to C1 of the CEFR (the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), allowing you to achieved your desired level in an effective way and to be prepared for major international certificates in all languages like TOEFL, IELTS, CELI, Cervantes exams, Cambridge, Goethe.

Innovation and effectiveness in language learning

AN INTERACTIVE AND ENGAGING ENVIRONMENT

FOR ANYTIME, ANYWHERE LEARNING FOR ALL!

The online language courses are delivered through a globalised platform accessible from pc, mobile and iOS et Android app, where students can choose his or her user interface language for the 26 language options available: Arabic, Bahasa, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhala, Slovak, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

Our online language teaching model has been developed in collaboration with teachers and researchers in Neuroscience, Entertainment Learning and Online Pedagogy to offer an immersive and engaging experience designed meet every student’s needs.

We facilitates frequent exposure to the language being learned via short-format learning units easily playable outside of the classroom, designed for use under the supervision of a language professor or, alternatively, in autonomous learning mode. By using video – and, in particular, clips from current films and television series – as the main form of learner input we are able to engage students with their foreign language learning by appealing to their interests. Student motivation is further reinforced by a steady stream of new content published every week; by an attractive and intuitive user interface; and by gamified exercises.

The use of scores on the platform (which students are encouraged to try to increase, as in a game) rather than grades results in increased frequency of use, and thus effectiveness of learning.

As language students you will have access to the following online language learning resources:

• Video Boosters
  Video Boosters enable the learning of languages as they are actually spoken, through video exercises based on clips from films and television series, music videos, TV news reports and documentaries. There are over 1,300 Video Boosters organised by broad category: films. TV series, music, news and society, business and leisure. Video Boosters enable immersive language learning, with contextualised vocabulary and a focal grammar point. The activity encompasses several language skills: listening, reading, vocabulary and grammar.
• Vocab Quickview
  Eight key lexical items from the video, with pronunciation, definition and use in a sample sentence.
• 250 Thematic Visual Dictionaries:There are more than 250 thematic Photo Vocabs, ie more than 4,000 expressions and words per learning language organized per category
• Comprehension
  Four multiple-choice questions testing your comprehension of the video.
• Listening Lab
  Unlocking of the dialogue transcript via a gap-filling exercise.
• Grammar
  Learning and practicing a grammar rule or usage principle seen in the clip dialogue.
• Games and  Gamified exercises for optimum retention
  Two games with repetition of key lexical items to help long-term vocabulary retention. True / false visual game and a Memory-type game – favors the vocabulary’s retention in long-term memory.
  
• Real Case material and practical applications
  We use features thousands of exercises based on authentic videos (scenes from films and television series, music videos, news clips, and more) for immersion learning that is not only linguistic, but cultural as well. New units are published every week, constituting a constant stream of fresh content continuously added to the learning unit catalogue

DURATION: 1 year

COSTS: € 490 for the 1 year program allowing students to improve their level from A1 (Breakthrough levl) to C2 (Mastery)

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