Events
WORKSHOP
24-25 June 2015
"Developing migrants’ language competences at work"
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany
Co-animators: Florence Mourlhon Dallies, France; Alexander Braddel, United Kingdom; María Teresa Hernández García, Spain
Working languages: English and French, with simultaneous interpretation
Note on workshop focus
This workshop focuses on supporting adults to develop work-related language skills in the majority language(s) of the country where they are resident. Typical learners include migrant/ethnic workers and also low-skilled workers who are native speakers of the majority language(s) of the country.
Please note that the workshop is concerned with work-related language learning for adults.
Expected outcomes of the workshop (for the participant)
- Access to a European multidisciplinary professional network;
- Greater understanding of adult language learning for vocational contexts in different European countries;
- Greater awareness and understanding of the role of language development for vocational competence.
Participants' profile:
Professional background: Researchers with an interest in workplace learning/language development/migration/ skills/ labour market participation; national skills policy makers; workforce development professionals; teacher trainers working in the field of adult second language learning; vocational instructors; providers of apprenticeships & pre-employment programmes; teachers of the majority language involved in or planning workplace provision, employer and trade union representatives.
Experience, competences required: Expertise/professional interest/practical engagement in skills/workforce development policy and practice; adult second language acquisition; social cohesion/inclusion; workplace learning; migration studies/policy; readiness to engage with interdisciplinary issues and with participants from diverse professional backgrounds; capacity to act as a "change agent" advocating for progressive policies and practices in this field.
Expected involvement/tasks before, during and after the event:
Before: Review policies and practice in own country/region relevant to vocational language learning for migrant/ethnic workers and/or low-skilled majority-language speaking workers; review (briefly) Language for Work website (//languageforwork.ecml.at/)
During: Active participation, e. g. involvement in small group work, discussion of policies and practice in own and other countries/regions
After: Willingness to disseminate results in own country/region and commitment to sustaining a European learning network beyond the project
EXPERT MEETING
26 June 2015
"Developing migrants’ language competences at work"
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany
Participants: project team
Past events
Expert mission in the framework of the ECML project “Developing migrants' language competences at the workplace” (LanguageforWork)
10-13 September 2014
4th international conference: Applied Linguistics and professional practice (ALAPP)
Venue: Geneva, Switzerland
Experts: Alexander Braddell, United Kingdom; Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany
Project site: //www.ecml.at/languageforwork
Conference site: http://www.unige.ch/alapp2014/PresentationFormats.html
EXPERT MEETING
24-25 July 2014
"Developing migrants’ language competences at work"
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator:Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany
Participants: project team
Expert mission in the framework of the ECML project “Developing migrants' language competences at the workplace” (LanguageforWork)
3-4 June 2014
3rd Intergovernmental Conference: “Quality in the linguistic Integration of Adult Migrants (LIAM): from values to policy and practice”
Venue: Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France
Expert: Alexander Braddell, United Kingdom
Project sites: //www.ecml.at/languageforwork ;
www.coe.int/lang-migrants
Conference site: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/conference_EN.asp
Expert meeting
2-3 May 2013
"Developing migrants’ language competences at work"
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator:Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany
Participants: project team
NETWORK MEETING
5-6 December 2013
"Developing migrants’ language competences at work"
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany
Participants: NN
Expert meeting
28-30 March 2012
"Developing migrants’ language competences at work"
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany
Participants: project team
NETWORK meeting
6-7 December 2012
"Developing migrants’ language competences at work"
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Coordinator: Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany
Participants: learning providers, researchers, employer or trade union official, skills agency representative or policy-maker