Resource bank

Koti Suomessa (Home in Finland) portal

Interactive website for learning Finnish and Swedish.
Online resources including e.g. ABC literacy skills, everyday Finnish, work-related language in several fields (e.g. construction, transportation, health care, tourism, retailing and general working life skills. Choose "Kokeile vierailijana" if you want to familiarize yourself with the portal without registration. Choose "rekisteröidy tästä" if you want to use the portal as a registred user. In registration, your e-mail (sähköpostiosoite) first name (etunimi) and family name are asked. Salasana = password.

http://www.kotisuomessa.fi

NRDC for NALA* (2011), Literature review of international adult literacy policies, NALA, Dublin.

Literature review focusing on research from 1990 to 2010 and identifies specific policy developments and interventions aimed at people with literacy and basic skill needs from eight countries: Australia, Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, England and USA. The review covers national perspectives, cross-cutting themes, and key messages for adult literacy policy development in Ireland.

*NRDC: National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy Institute of Education, University of London (UK); NALA: National Adult Literacy Agency (Ireland).

Literature Review of International Adult Literacy Policies

Langage & nettoyage est un site d’apprentissage de la langue française à travers le contexte du langage des métiers de la propreté. Libre d'accès, il a bénéficié du soutien financier du Fonds européen d’intégration des ressortissants de pays tiers (année 2013), de la Direction de l’accueil, de l’intégration et de la citoyenneté ainsi que du partenariat du Conseil Général des Pyrénées Atlantiques et de l’Association paloise de service.

Language and cleaning is a free-to-access website with online resources to support French language learning in the context of cleaning. It received financial support from the European Fund for Integration of third-country nationals (2013), the Direction de l’Accueil, de l'Intégration et de la Citoyenneté and also from the partnership of the Conseil Général des Pyrénées Atlantiques and the Association Paloise de Service.

Online resources

Mallows D. (ed) (2014), Language issues in migration and integration: perspectives from teachers and learners, British Council, London.

From the introduction:
This is a book about the role of language in the integration of migrants. The writers of the chapters are all engaged in the education of migrants as teachers, researchers or policymakers in a wide variety of contexts and they provide us with a rich and thought-provoking array of perspectives from teachers and learners on language issues in migration and integration. Through them we hear directly from learners, migrants who have arrived in a new country and are now striving to master the host language. We learn much from them about the place of language and language learning in their new lives.

Includes chapter on Norway.

Note: Does not directly address work-related learning.

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Extramiana Claire (2012), Learning the language of the host country for professional purposes, Outline of issues and educational approaches, Council of Europe, Strasbourg.

Paper that considers the definition of language needs for integration purposes and language learning for employment-related purposes, based on a number of considerations originating in France and incorporating input from such other national environments as the United Kingdom, Germany and Quebec / Canada.

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Wilkins D.A. (1973), The language needs of adult immigrants, Council of Europe, Strasbourg.

Paper prepared for the Council of Europe that considers the language needs of migrant workers, what provision existed for the teaching of languages to adult migrants (including accreditation) and what relevant research had already been undertaken or was in progress. The paper also makes suggestions regarding development of the field.

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Extramiana Claire, Van Avermaet Piet (2011), Language requirements for adult migrants in Council of Europe member states: Report on a survey, Council of Europe, Strasbourg.

Report on a survey on policies linked to the linguistic integration of adult migrants conducted in Council of Europe member states in 2008 and 2010.

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Hansson Ulf, Morgan Valerie, Dunn Seamus (2002), Minority ethnic groups in Northern Ireland: Experiences and expectations of English language support in education settings, Research Branch of the Equality Directorate, Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Belfast.

Study of support for acquisition and development of English language skills available to minority ethnic communities in Northern Ireland. Also examines experiences of these communities in accessing provision, identifying issues for further development of provision and policy.

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Jupp T.C. (1981), Language, disadvantage & ethnic minorities, ILT occasional paper, NCILT, Southall.

Paper by then-director of National Centre for Industrial Language Training (England), discussing workplace language learning in the context of multi-racial UK workplaces in the 1970s and 80s.

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Latour M. (ed.) (2014), Langues et employabilité, Centre international d’études pédagogiques, Sèvres.

Bibliography focusing on languages and employability, including corporate language practice, produced by the Centre international d’études pédagogiques (CIEP) in 2014.

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