On October 9-13, 2023, the first LTT visit “eRead: learning, teaching, training” took place in the city of Koper (Slovenia) within the framework of the Erasmus+ KA2 project “Developing Reading Skills With and Through Digital Technologies (eRead)”. The event was aimed at learning and sharing experience in teaching reading with the use of digital technologies.

During the week, the participants of the eRead project from four countries (Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine) exchanged their expertise and practical experience of teaching the state language as a foreign/second language in institutions of different levels: kindergartens, schools, universities, educational centers for adults. The events took place in several locations: University of Primorska (Univerza na Primorskem), People’s University (Ljudska Univerza Koper), Central Children’s Library.

On the first day of the event, the representatives of the administration of the University of Primorska – Vice-rector for Education Tina Štemberger, Dean of the Faculty of Education Mara Cotič, Vice Dean for Quality Sonja Rutar – addressed the participants with a welcome speech. Oleksandra Golovko, the project manager in her speech “Project aims, goals, structure and expectations” presented the features of the project, outlined its goals, structural components and expected outcomes for each module.

The University of Primorska and the Faculty of Education presented the project in Slovenian and English; talked about their educational programs, research projects, student events. The participants could also visit the old streets and the university campus of Koper. An excursion to the library, which is the educational center of the city, was also insightful and informative. The participants were particularly impressed by the activities organized by the library staff for children and their parents to promote reading and motivate them to read a variety of literature.

  An important part of the program was attending classes in local kindergartens and schools where the Slovenian language is taught as a second language: the participants had the opportunity to participate in the learning process and familiarize themselves with methodological materials, with a special focus on the formation and development of reading skills in children and adults.

  At the meeting, directions for further work to implement the project’s goals, terms and stages of development were outlined.