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WorKit: Job Language Kit for Migrants

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2015-1-NL01-KA204-008924
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for adult education Funder Contribution: 281,431 EUR

WorKit: Job Language Kit for Migrants

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“WorKit: Job Language Kit for Migrants” aimed at facilitating the access of adult migrants to the labour market of the host country through equipping them with a set of language and communication skills necessary for finding a job and providing them with information about local labour market opportunities in 5 EU countries (The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and the UK). WorKit addressed EU policies on migrant integration and adult language education through the application of innovative context-related and learner-centred tools providing language information linked to the migrants’ immediate needs for employment. The main project products provide language information on work and employment, addressing specific areas in the process of seeking, finding and keeping a job. Thus WorKit allows migrants to quickly achieve progress in adaptation and language learning, directly help them to find their place on the labour market and match requirements and needs of employers. The WorKit objectives were focused on:- Improving language competences of adult migrants for the purposes of labour market orientation and participation- Developing attractive products for non-formal language learning and thus improving the capacities of organisations working for the integration and language training of adult migrants- Facilitating the access and inclusion of adult migrants into the labour market by providing them with employment-specific information for local labour market regulations in 5 EU countries with urgent migrant integration needsThese objectives were achieved through the development of the Job Language Kit for Migrants and its on- and offline learning applications – a high-quality, attractive language tool with educational and informative character developed as a multimedia product creating and improving language and communication skills on employment matters through language learning approaches in diverse forms. The Job Language Kit includes three elements (Textbook, Phrase Fan and Route Map) providing employment-related language information divided into different topics and necessary information on work and employment issues in each partner country. The Kit was produced as a paper-based product in 1,000 copies in the 5 partner languages (NL, IT, ES, BG, EN) and spread among numerous migrant organisations and language and VET providers working with adult migrants. The Kit is supported by an Online Interactive Tool and a Mobile App which are based on the content of the Kit and offer instant, on-the-go support to migrants in their job seeking through animation, audio and video materials. The WorKit outcomes address, on one hand, adult migrants, but on the other, also (volunteer) educators providing language training to migrants. They were offered new attractive methodologies and products, encouraged to multiply their effects at local level and apply them in a language teaching environment in order to improve the quality, attractiveness and accessibility for migrants. The Job Language Kit and its on- and offline applications were piloted within 7 demonstrational workshops training 91 (volunteer) educators to use them with learners. The training workshops created a substantial multiplication effect and numerous follow-up events demonstrating the Kit were organised both by the workshop participants and by the project partners upon request from organisations. The Job Language Kit was provided to more than 100 migrant organisations and language providers which are currently using it within numerous language courses for migrants. In addition, 10 events for exploitation and sustainability of the project results were organised involving over 280 relevant stakeholders. The WorKit project was widely disseminated within over 120 dissemination events reaching more than 8,000 people; thousands more were reached through social media (Facebook, LinkedIn) and online dissemination. All materials developed under the WorKit project are available on the project website (www.workit-project.eu), which already has registered nearly 5,000 unique visitors and 450,000 hits.

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