Empowering the professional profile of people with migrant background

<< Background >>“Language is one key to a successful integration”. Partners decided to apply for “JobLinguo” because they wished to support migrants in their community in having better job prospects and be a stronger presence in the labour market, specifically for what concerns three of the sectors in which they have difficulties in being employed (public administration, financial and insurance activities, agricultural field).When applying for a job, knowing the sectoral language related to it can be a crucial criterion of selection for an employer. Through the implementation of “JobLinguo”, the Consortium answered the needs of migrants with previous studies or working experience in the above-mentioned sectors that were lacking sectoral language knowledge in the national language of the hosting country. The format of the deliverables that were created answered the educational needs of adults when it comes to foreign language learning, especially in the case of sector-specific vocabulary.In addition, as a consequence, some of the needs of potential employers from the above-mentioned sectors were also met, thanks to the training of potential employees with a good knowledge of the sectoral language related to certain sector-specific tasks.<< Objectives >>“JobLinguo” was aimed at a. supporting the job market inclusion of people with migrant background through improving their professional profile in terms of sectoral language and b. adapting the training offer of VET providers and other stakeholders to the linguistic needs of people with migrant background.The Consortium wanted to support the identified target group to get equal opportunities in job seeking in three sectors in which it is necessary to know a specific vocabulary and communication cannot be covered in a common foreign language (such as English for example). The goal was to create a programme that was in line with the training needs of adults with a migrant background when it comes to foreign language learning. The programme and materials were envisaged as adequate tools for group and individual learning, allowing potential users to continue the learning process even outside lessons.<< Implementation >>The project implementation was structured into four activities:1. The first activity was dedicated to all the management and monitoring activities, together with the physical partners' meetings.2. The second activity was dedicated to the development of the language programme covering the agriculture, public administration, finance and insurance sectors. Firstly, a methodology was developed for the preliminary research and consisted of instructions on how to extrapolate secondary data from academic publications/reports or institutional data relevant to the project topics, as well as three distinct questionnaires to be used for surveying and interviewing potential employers from the three sectors. At the end of the research phase, two short reports were elaborated. Based on the results of these reports, guidelines to be used for the development of the programmes were provided and lessons, exercises and graphic materials were elaborated for the creation of three eBooks as well as the storyboards for the 2D games. 3. The third activity was dedicated to the implementation of the local trainings.4. The fourth activity was dedicated to the online dissemination of the project and the implementation of the local dissemination events.<< Results >>Concrete outputsSectoral language programmeThe programme is structured in three courses: agriculture, public administration, finance and insurance.Each course comprises an eBook and a 2D game. The eBooks are designed in a way to combine reading, listening and graphic representation to provide a comprehensive learning experience adequate to the learning needs of adults with a migrant background with a basic level of knowledge (A1-A2) of the national language of the hosting country. The 2D games are designed in a way that learners can test their knowledge dedicating it between 5 and 10 min every day. The programme has been developed in Italian, German, Croatian, Slovenian and in English for stakeholders operating in other countries.Monitoring ReportThe Monitoring Report contains information related to the learning achievements of the four local training programmes implemented by partners in their countries as well as a last section dedicated to the evaluation and feedback provided by learners.Other resultsThe learners involved in the local trainings have improved their sector-specific linguistic knowledge.Stakeholders operating in the VET sector positively evaluated the programme and are interested in using it.