Language for work – Work-related second language learning for adult migrants and ethnic minorities

Experts: Alexander Braddell, United Kingdom and Kerstin Sjösvärd, Sweden
Local organiser: Wouter Cambré, Flemish Department of Education and Training, Division of Horizontal Policies, Brussels
Venue: Brussels
Working language: English
Participants: teachers, teacher educators, pedagogical counsellors and employers
Website: Language for Work

Experts: Alexander Braddell, United Kingdom and Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany
Local organiser: Vanessa Isenmann, Mímir símenntun, Iceland
Venue: Reykjavík
Working language: English
Participants: language teachers teaching Icelandic as a foreign language at the workplace
Website: Language for Work

Experts: Alexander Braddell, United Kingdom and Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany
Local organiser: Artjom Tepljuk, Ministry of Culture of Estonia
Venue: Tallinn
Working language: English
Participants: Providers, teachers, and researchers of Estonian as a second language (L2) for adults, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Education and Research, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Integration Foundation, The Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund, The Estonian Employers’ Confederation, employers (including employer associations)
Website: Language for Work

Participants: Training and consultancy team members and local organisers of training workshops 2024

Experts: Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany, Alexander Braddell, United Kingdom and Christophe Portefin, France
Local organisers: Christiane Klein and Jean-Marc Putz, National Institute of Languages Luxembourg
Working language: English, German and French
Participants: foreign language educators for adults
Website: Language for work

Expert: Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany
Local organiser: Matthias von Gehlen, Goethe-Institut
Working language: German
Website: Language for work; Online-Zukunftswerkstatt
Program
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Participants: training and consultancy team members and local organisers of training workshops 2023

Expert: Alex Braddell, United Kingdom
Local organiser: Karin Ransberger, Germany
Working language: English and German
Websites: Language for work, 25th International Metropolis Conference Berlin, 2022

Experts : Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany, Alexander Braddell, United Kingdom and Kerstin Sjösvärd, Sweden
Local organiser: Edita Hornáčková Klapicová, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Working language: English
Participants: teacher trainers, language teachers, vocational teachers, learning providers, and linguistic researchers
Website: Language for work

Experts : Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany, Alexander Braddell, United Kingdom and Kerstin Sjösvärd, Sweden
Local organiser: Edita Hornáčková Klapicová, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Working language: English
Participants: teacher trainers, language teachers, vocational teachers, learning providers, and linguistic researchers
Website: Language for work

Experts: Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany and Alexander Braddell, UK
Local organiser: Matej Klemen, University of Ljubljana, Centre for Slovene as the Second and Foreign Language
Working language: English, Slovene
Participants: Teachers and organisers of courses for the unemployed
Website: Language for work

Experts: Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany and Alexander Braddell, UK
Local organiser: Matej Klemen, University of Ljubljana, Centre for Slovene as the Second and Foreign Language
Working language: English, Slovene
Participants: Teachers and organisers of courses for the unemployed
Website: Language for work

Experts: Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany; Alex Braddell, United Kingdom
Local organiser: Edita Hornáčková Klapicová, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Working language: English
Participants: teacher trainers, language teachers (teaching translation, interpretation, language for specific purposes: legal, institutional, business, etc), vocational teachers, learning providers, linguistic researchers, civil servants responsible for integration programmes.
Website: Language for work

Experts: Christophe Portefin, France; Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany; Kerstin Sjösvärd, Sweden;
Local organisers: Irina Sadakova (Gymnasial Vux Social), Olga Orrit (Vård- och omsorgscollege [College of Nursing and Care]), Sweden
Working language: Swedish
Participants: about 20-25 L2 teachers, vocational teachers, employers, principals, student counselors, native language supporters, a few former students
Website: Language for work

Experts: Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany; Alex Braddell, United Kingdom
Local organisers: Edita Hornáčková Klapicová, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Working language: English
Participants: teacher trainers, language teachers (teaching translation, interpretation, language for specific purposes: legal, institutional, business, etc), vocational teachers, learning providers, linguistic researchers, civil servants responsible for integration programmes.
Website: Language for work

Experts: Alexander Braddell, UK, Kerstin Sjösvärd, Sweden, Matilde Grünhage-Monetti, Germany
Local organiser: Deirdre Ní Loingsigh (University of Limerick); Tara Robinson (Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board); Catherine Martin (University of Limerick)
Working language: English
Participants: about 65 teachers in adult education, vocational teachers, educational providers, employees/small medium enterprises, employers and other local professionals
Website: Language for work

Experts: Alexander Braddell, UK, Kerstin Sjösvärd, Sweden
Local organiser: Bregje Kaars Sijpesteijn (ITTA University of Amsterdam); Annemarie Nuwenhoud (VU-NT2 [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam]), The Netherlands
Working language: English
Participants: about 30-50 already trained teachers in Language at Work, teachers who work in practical oriented integration courses, already trained LESLLA teachers
Websites: Language for work, ITTA University of Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam