Odysseus Second Language At The Workplace Language Needs Of Migrant Workers Organising Language Learning For The Vocational

This publication describes the situation for vocational workplace language development in several eastern and western European countries.It notes the differences in political climate, industrial development and economic resources, and highlights the issues for second language provision in each country. Most importantly for practioners, it provides up-to-date guidelines for development of vocational and workplace language, based on international theory and practice.

Cette publication décrit la situation du développement linguistique professionnel sur le lieu de travail dans divers pays d'Europe. Relevant les différences en termes de contexte politique, de développement industriel et de ressources économiques, elle souligne les questions liées à l'offre en deuxième langue qui se posent dans chaque pays, et propose des lignes directrices dans le contexte professionnel. Cette étude se fonde sur la conviction des auteurs que l'acquisition d'une deuxième langue joue un rôle clé pour l'intégration sociale et économique.

This book is a reflective account of the work of the European Centre for Modern Languages, Graz, during its first medium-term programme, which lasted from 2000 to 2003.It presents some of the major current issues in language education that were dealt with during this programme and provides insight into the way the projects run by the ECML tried to address these issues and to develop practical, usable approaches to dealing with them.