BackgroundThe Akademische Gymnasium Vienna focuses on teaching foreign languages. All the pupils study three foreign languages (English and French as well as Latin) from junior high school onward. The Akademische Gymnasium Vienna has participated in a number of international projects (e.g. Comenius projects and Euroscola). Teachers regularly organise language study travels for their pupils and prepare them for Cambridge Advanced Exam (CAE/C1) and DELF exams. These activities are in accord with two important objectives of the Akademische Gymnasium: to teach excellent foreign language skills to pupils and to contribute to the internationalisation of education.Besides, starting in year 1, blended learning and e-Learning are used to integrate modern technology into the classroom. So, pupils acquire the necessary skills to come to terms with the information and knowledge society of today.The Akademische Gymnasium Vienna, lead by the new headmaster Mag. Trummer since September 2014, participates in the program “Schulqualität Allgemeinbildung“, furthering quality in general education. The objectives “competence oriented learning and individualised education” pose enormous challenges to the teaching staff. International teacher training courses are part of our future development.Topics addressed by the project - Our project aims at improving both the language skills and the methodological competence of the participating teacher as well as his colleagues. The selected teacher training course will help to realise the educational objectives of the Akademische Gymnasium even more successfully. - The course will enhance the methodological expertise, especially methods of competence oriented and individualised learning. - The participant will learn new ways how to use the internet and other ICT resources in class for self-reliant and autonomous learning.- The participant will share experiences, ideas and best practices with colleagues from other European countries.Personal profile of the participantMag. Thomas Maltrovsky teaches computer science, psychology, philosophy and Latin at the Akademische Gymnasium Vienna. Being an E-Learning developer and coordinator of the the program “Schulqualität Allgemeinbildung" furthering quality in general education, he is keen both to face the challenge of improving his interdisciplinary way of teaching languages in an English speaking country and developing a school policy adding an international aspect to school projects building interest by our pupils in other cultures and countries. With regard to the best interest of his pupils, he is eager to learn inspiring methods of using new media in the classroom.Activities, results, sustainabilityThe participating teacher of our school will utilise his enhanced methodological expertise in the foreign language classroom and / or when working with new media.This way, he will increase the variety of methods and strengthen the language skills of his pupils. Sustainability will be reached by sharing ideas with colleagues. Dissemination activities will be:- didactical and pedagogical conferences and meetings,- team teaching,- sitting in on classes,- sharing best practices.