Language is essential for participation. No wonder that language plays an important part in adult civic education and requirements for naturalization.
Researchers distinguish roughly two metho...
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Progress in proficiency and participation: an adult learning approach to support social integration of migrants in Western societies
This book reflects the contributions to a conference on Linguistic Integration of Adult Migrants (Council of Europe, 2016).
Chapter 4, p. 201-206
Abstract:
Educational courses that...
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Redesign civic integration considered – Position paper
Current civic integration courses are mostly language and knowledge-based and do not take the complex efforts into account that migrants face whilst building a new life in a foreign society. Since 2002, Vantrood Educational Services is researching and developing methods for psycho-social ...
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Scoring on immigration – or making an effort for integration?
Recent referenda and elections, like the EU-referendum in the United Kingdom of June 23d, show that fear of migrants provokes an open jump shot in public debate. At a recent family meeting, the solution to 'stop migrants' was almost victoriously expressed by some o...
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In the International Journal of Intercultural Relations
We recently published this article about IDEAL/Themis in the Journal of Intercultural Relations (Elsevier).
Hyperlink > to the full text article (open access)
Background. Courses for migrants in Europe are mostly aimed at literacy in western languages as a means for participation in soci...
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