Feasibility study on a network of associations of language teachers (REAL1 project)

Our first initiative, REAL1, began with a feasibility study in which we collected data from language teachers associations across the EU in one of the first ever attempts to map the sector. We also asked those who took part to tell us if they supported the idea of a network. 138 associations representing over 150,000 language teachers confirmed their interest in the REAL network.

At the end of the first phase we invited 52 associations to a final meeting in Sèvres (France), where we reported on progress and took soundings about how much support there was across the EU for an umbrella group of the kind REAL proposes. That support was unanimous – all associations represented were keen to be involved in REAL2.