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“The new pilot project in Lombardy for adult migrant newcomers:
“Certify your Italian. A language for knowing and making yourself
known” Certifica il tuo Italiano. La lingua per
conoscere e farsi conoscere”
Direzione Generale Famiglia e Solidarietà SocialeRegione Lombardia - ITALY
Ministero della Solidarietà Sociale
Direzione generale sull’immigrazione
Strasbourg, 26-27 June 2008
THE LINGUISTIC INTEGRATION OF ADULT MIGRANTS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL SEMINAR
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Linguistic learning and migrants’ integration
Basing on these assumptions, the Lombardy Region, through decree n° VIII/001519 of December 22, 2005, adhered to a programme enacted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies meant to promote Italian language learning actions through the experimentation project called…
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…“CERTIFY YOUR ITALIAN. A language for knowing and making yourself known” Free Italian courses
for foreigners
Aimed at preparing them to get the “Italian Certification as a second Language” (Certificazione Italiano L2)
“Certifica il tuo italiano. La lingua per conoscere e farsi conoscere”
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The project
The project is a set of integrated actions among different institutions, which deal with immigration and foreign citizens’social and cultural integration.
To carry out this project, and in order to regulate implementing the foreseen activities by specifying their purposes, the Lombardy Region (Family and Social Solidarity Department) signed a preliminary protocol with: Osservatorio Regionale della
Lombardia per l’integrazione e la multiethincità
Fondazione Ismu Ufficio Scolastico per la Lombardia
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Main objectives
1) Improvement of Italian language skills for lately immigrated young and adults (in view of their full social and professional integration);
2) Spreading of the Italian Certification practice,
according to the reference standards provided by the Common European Language Framework (in view of an improvement and enhancement of acquired skills);
3) increasing the number of issued certifications on a regional scale, and strengthening partnership and mutual cooperation among the institutions dealing with immigration.
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The project’s main actions Project promotion among migrants Teachers’ training courses (general and
specific training on certification procedures)
Implementation of free courses of Italian language for adult beginners with flexible and modular
Implementation of the international certification (treshold levels)
quantitative and qualitative monitoring20 interviews (students, 4 focus groups (teachers), 169 questionaries (teachers), 664 questionnaires (students)
Progetto “Certifica il tuo Italiano” La lingua per conoscere e farsi conoscere
Certification coursesItalian l2
IIS. FrisiManagerial and economic
monitoring Quantitative monitoring
Qualitative monitoring
Multilingual advertising
Teachers’ training
REGIONAL COMMETTEE
INTEGRATED ACTIONS
•125 schools, associations •270 courses •3.100 new migrant adults involved•1800 CILS, IT, PLIDAcertificates issued
350 school teachers and volonteers
117 teachers of the project courses
•Albanian •Arab•Brasilian•Chinese•French •Hindi•English•Romanian•Russian •Spanish •Tagalog
•Interviews•focus groups•questinoaries for teachersand students •Database migrant
students and teachers
Dati del monitoraggio quantitativo ISMU 2007
Ministero della Solidarietà Sociale
Direzione generale sull’immigrazione
The project network: different organizations
network includes 122 members (local authorities, schools, territorial training centres, and other associations)
The high number of different organizations that have adhered to network agreements is an evidence of the high visibility of this project Fulfilment of the objective to enlarging the
territorial cooperation network among local authorities, school and private social organizations
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Collected data
Preliminary analyses on collected data underline that the project reached 3.100 new migrants: Women 69% Men 31%
Women employed in the elderly’ assistance, young unemployed, emarginated adult migrants
involved: a network of 120 schools and institutions 350 teachers in special training
Progetto “Certifica il tuo Italiano” La lingua per conoscere e farsi conoscere
Università per Stranieri di Siena
CILSCertification
Università Roma 3 IT
Certification
Società Dante AlighieriPLIDA Certification
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schools and different associations
School time:in the morning
in the afternoonin the evening
Chance to takethe final examination
after 20 hours as well after 80 hours,in 1 month as well in 18 months
Felexible and modular duration:
20 – 30 – 40 hours
Certification courses Italian L2
Positive action for adult new migrants
Dati del monitoraggio quantitativo ISMU 2007
Ministero della Solidarietà Sociale
Direzione generale sull’immigrazione
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Positive feedback from students’ questionaries
“I have appreciated a lot Italian conversation at school, because outside I do not speak Italian. I do not have Italian friends”
Their best motivations on attending these courses are the following: 1° For my job2° To feel myself more confident3° To go on my studies4° To live better in Italy
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Conclusion: some students’ final comment“Just yesterday night, I dreamt in
Italian. This morning I told my husband: «Do you know that I have dreamt in Italian for the first time in my life? »
“Writing a letter in Italian to express my gratefulness to those who helped me gave me a great satisfaction”
Regione Lombardia - Direzione Generale Famiglia e Solidarietà Sociale
For more info write at [email protected]
For information about projcet “Certifica il tuo italiano “For more info on this project write at :[email protected]@[email protected]
Regione LombardiaDirezione Generale Famiglia e Solidarietà Sociale
www.famiglia.regione.lombardia.it
Ministero del Lavoro, della Salute e delle Politiche Sociali Direzione Generale dell’Immigrazione
www.solidarietasociale.gov.it