With this workshop on the Congreso Internacional en Linguistica Aplicada a la Ensenanza de Lenguas, Universidad Nebrija hemos celebrado, 28.-30.9.2012, we would like to achieve two major objectives. On the one
hand, we would like to present the principles of Project-Based Learning in
Second Languages in a practical manner. On the other hand, we would like to
share our experience in using this method in two parallel courses at the
Leuphana Universität in Lüneburg and the Technische Universität Berlin, both
located in Germany.

Our idea to collaborate in the creation of educational materials which could
be suitable to our needs arose in 2011. We were looking for a new teaching
strategy to enable students to feel completely involved in situations in
which they could make practical use of the language, going beyond the limits
of the classroom by carrying out a Project. At the same time, we could not
forget the fact that we teach a language course for special purposes, with
all what this implies: Developing all four major skills, paying special
attention to the specific vocabulary and creating virtual rooms to learn so
that this process could be continued after the classes. With the passage of
time, we have been able to confirm that this working model enables us to
achieve most of the objectives of the university curricula in a much more
efficient way