Akelius Foundation

courses used in refugee camps and schools

Akelius Foundation owns Akelius Online Languages gGmbH and Akelius Math AB.

The companies develop language, mathematics and vocational courses, that are accessible online for free.
The companies also produce print materials, which are distributed for free to the partners implementing the courses.

The courses are used in refugee camps and schools for vulnerable groups around the world.

Use the free language courses, here.
Read more about the Akelius Language Online gGmbH, here.

starting the course

languages.akelius.com

The student selects the target language to learn.

By logging in with a name, the student can see weekly progression.

In the next step, the student selects their present level of knowledge.

The chapters have numbers.

Besides the study track, the student may choose a test, or a book.

The student selects among different activities, a blended way to learn.

Some like to start with games, others with lessons, others with guessing.

The art is to diversify by activating other senses.

bingo

One game is similar to bingo.

Bingo has 25 pictures,
five by five squares.

The student hears the name of a picture, such as window.

The student has one or two seconds to find the picture and click on it.

The winner gets five correct answers in a row, in a column, or diagonally.

password

Password is a modern variant of hangman.

As a clue, the student gets a name for a category of objects or actions, like travel, food, and clothes.

The student tries with any letter, such as a.

If the letter a is in the password, all letters a appear in the password.

The student has seven turns.

The first letters seem impossible to guess, but near the final, they appear easy.

The student learns how to spell.

falling food

In falling food, three to five objects fall continuously.

The student hears a voice, coffee, coffee.

The player has to hit the moving or falling object before it is too late.

windows

Windows creates time stress.

The student hears the word, such as Tuesday.

In the first turn, only two windows are open.

The student has a short time to click on the right answer.

Later, more windows open simultaneously.

The student gets less time.

There are other games such as memory, crossword, and word search.

There is a dictionary between the home language and the target language.

By clicking on teacher, the student gets printable flash cards, teacher guidelines, and communication with the producers.

Seen below, there is a monthly race between students in the same language group.

If a peer has achieved a position just in front of you, there is the magical power that each of us wants to catch a few points more.

The student does not have to be clever or more intelligent, to achieve more points.

The art is to spend more time on the online platform.