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e-CAL - e-Coaching et Apprentissage des Langues

The ERASMUS+ project e-CAL presents the result of an analysis of support methods in the case of language learning using web-based Open Educational Resources (OER).

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e-<strong>Coaching</strong> <strong>et</strong> <strong>Apprentissage</strong> <strong>des</strong> <strong>Langues</strong> /N° de proj<strong>et</strong> : 2015-1-FR01-KA204-015334<br />

36.Naboomboo<br />

NABOOMBOO - YOUR LANGUAGE YOUR TREASURE<br />

139<br />

Reference Number if applicable<br />

Naboomboo is part of Treatabit, the I3P (Innovative Enterprise Incubator of the Polytechnic University<br />

of Turin) program for digital startups.<br />

(http://www.treatabit.com/) , (http://www.i3p.it/en)<br />

URL https://www.naboomboo.com<br />

Owner /country e.g. contractor, training institution, <strong>et</strong>c<br />

Italian Start up – Turin Founded in 2013. Naboomboo was granted €18.000 by the Piedmont Region,<br />

€4.000 by Camera di Commercio del Piemonte and has approval for a loan of €12.000 from Torino<br />

Social Innovation.<br />

The company name, takes inspiration from the name of an island in the popular Disney animation<br />

movie “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” (from a romance by Mary Norton). In the movie the island is<br />

populated by different races and is ruled by animals able to speak human languages and to<br />

communicate with each other.<br />

1.Description of objectives, expected and/or obtained results<br />

Naboomboo is a language social n<strong>et</strong>work, a place where users can find different language partners<br />

with whom video-talk and train their language fluency. Naboomboo wants to be the answer to those<br />

people who aim to improve their fluency and language proficiency, but by avoiding waste of time and<br />

money. In fact, naboomboo gives the perfect solution to me<strong>et</strong> native speakers to talk about common

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