Don’t Give Up is a European Union funded project whose mission is to reduce the large numbers of adult learners that drop-out of language courses and improve their motivation to complete courses.

The project has investigated why adults drop-out and has built up a knowledge base of ways to prevent drop-out by motivating students.

The project has looked at every aspect of courses. For example, reasons for taking courses, the structure and teaching of courses, problems students encounter etc. Solutions suggested in the best practices range from the simple, running a basic resource centre to the complex, overall structure of a language course.

The research was achieved by:

• Completion of over 50 questionnaires by language educators from across Europe
• In-depth interviews with language teachers
• Workshops with language teachers
• The experience of project partners who are involved in language education
• Analysis of the research

Further details on the methodology employed can be found on the Methodology page

The project partners come from all levels of language education; full details can be found on the Partners page. Partners

The project is funded by the European Union Socrates Lingua programme that aims to promote the learning of languages across Europe. EU Projects