A new training model for native language teachers: the challenge of MaTE Erasmus+ project

The chapter presents an Erasmus+ project carried out by the Centre for Intercultural Studies of the University of Verona, Italy, together with Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey (coordinator), VisMedNet Association, Malta, Management, Accounting and Education Research Association (MAERA), Portugal, Norges Teknisk – Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Ntnu, Norway, and Wyzsza Szkola Biznesu I Nauk O Zdrowiu, Poland, and called ‘Mapping Teacher Education’ (MATE). Its final outcome was the development of a new model program for native language teachers in the context of the changing dynamics in todays’classrooms.