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European Centre for Modern Languages

Language for work
Tools for professional development 

This website contains a comprehensive set of resources, outlining both competences and examples of practice. At the same time, it acts as a platform for an active network of professionals in the field, where teachers, providers, employers and authorities can share expertise and develop practice.

Language for Work (LfW) brings together two projects of the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe carried out between 2012 and 2018. It includes a coherent approach to work-related second language development with special attention to the integration of migrants and refugees and ethnic minorities. LfW refers both to the present website and to a European network.

The LfW Network operates on a voluntary basis as a not‐for‐profit membership organisation of professionals engaged in the field of work-related language learning for adult migrants and ethnic minorities.


JOIN OUR COMMUNITY

Are you involved / interested in 

  • work‐related second language learning?
  • linguistic integration of adult migrants?
  • related policy and/or administration?

Join the network now to share and develop your practice – it’s free and it only takes a minute

WHY JOIN THE NETWORK?

  • Find partners for collaboration 
    View profiles and contact other members
  • Disseminate your work 
    Post news, add links and publications to our resource centre

 TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY OFFER

Trainings can be conducted in English, French, German, Swedish, Dutch, Italian.

This offer is targeted at teacher trainers, language teachers, vocational teachers, learning providers, civil servants responsible for integration programmes, linguistic researchers, employer organisations and trade unions, human resources, policymakers.
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 VISIT THE RESOURCE BANK

Find practical tools, research, policy material and links to other relevant sites

 QUICK GUIDE TO WORK-RELATED LANGUAGE SKILLS

How to help adult migrants develop work-related language skills

Available in Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Irish, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish and Swedish

Find out more

 LINGUISTIC INTEGRATION OF ADULT MIGRANTS

Resources, initiatives and information from the Council of Europe’s LIAM working group

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Project team


Matilde GRÜNHAGE-MONETTI
Coordinator
Germany
Alexander BRADDELL
United Kingdom

Christophe PORTEFIN
France
Kerstin SJÖSVÄRD
Sweden

Project

These are the results from a project of the European Centre for Modern Languages within its "Languages at the heart of learning" programme 2016-2019.
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In cooperation with Moscow State Linguistic University.