15 June 2009 / 12:29

REMOVING THE LINGUISTIC BARRIERS IN ENGLISH

Training details - Activity organised by National Agency
Summary - to give the participants enough confidence in using English to develop European projects under the YiA programme - to improve their practice in English related to international youth work - to understand intercultural situations in international work
Activity date 2009-09-14 - 2009-09-20
Activity type Training course
Target group Project managers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Youth workers

For participants from ALL YOUTH IN ACTION PROGRAMME COUNTRIES, SOUTH-EAST EUROPE, EASTERN EUROPE AND CAUCASUS

Group size 24

Venue place, venue country Youth Hostel in Annecy (Haute-Savoie), France

Details Target group:

youth workers, people working in NGOs, associations, local authorities, or governmental services involved in the Youth in Action programme, who feel that their lack or weakness of practice of the English language is a barrier:
- in their effort to network and build partnerships or to present and explain the reality of their organisation and their work
- to prepare efficiently a project with their partners
- to express clearly their objectives, aims, or wishes, …

Group size:
24 participants (half of them from France) from different European countries

Aims and objectives:
- to give the participants enough confidence in using English to develop European projects under the YiA programme
- to improve their practice in English related to international youth work
- to understand intercultural situations in international team work and partnership

Programme elements:
- concrete exercises related to international youth work (for example: presentation of your organisation, elaboration of a Youth Exchange programme, phone calls with a partner, etc.)
- knowledge and vocabulary of the European Youth in Action programme
- basic grammar and general vocabulary to survive in an English-speaking environment
- exercises and simulation games on intercultural teamwork

Methods:
- Focus on speaking English
- Short and varied exercises
- both individual work and small groups

Trainers:
- Patty KEY: an English teacher, coming from Canada and living in Great Britain, specialised in teaching English to non-native speakers
- Denis MOREL (association Luciole, trainer specialised in intercultural learning.
Preference will be given to candidates involved in a project under the Youth in action programme who will rapidly need to speak English for implementing that activity.

Costs Hosting and programme costs are covered by French National Agency. Travel costs can be covered by the sending National Agency of the participant (please check before applying ) with your National Agency, if they accept to cover the travel costs for this TC). Travel and visa costs of participants from SEE and EECA regions will be covered by French Agency
Working language ENGLISH

Organizer INJEP
Organizer's profile/framework of activity French National Agency of Youth in action Programme

Deadline 2009-07-17

Date of selection 2009-07-31

Downloads Description of the RLB Training course (84.4 kB)
http://www.salto-youth.net/static/downloads/training_downloads.php/2327/RLB%20TC%20-%20Removing%20the%20linguistic%20barriers%20%202009.pd

Draft programme of the RLB TC September 2009 (10.2 kB)
http://www.salto-youth.net/static/downloads/training_downloads.php/2328/Draft%20programme%20RLB%20September%202009.pdf

Application to http://www.salto-youth.net/mySALTO/login/?pfad=/applicationonline/356/
Apply online Application Form for RLB-Removing the linguistic Barriers

INJEP
tcp@injep.fr
11 rue Paul Leplat, 78160 Marly-le-Roi, France
Phone: + 33 1 39 17 27 86
Fax: + 33 1 39 17 27 57
E-mail: tcp@injep.fr
http://www.jeunesseenaction.fr

Source - www.salto-youth.net