second language courses in germany: a big step towards a cohesive integration policy
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Second Language Courses in Germany:A big step towards a cohesive integration
policy
Jens Reimann
Germany
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
www.bamf.de
www.integration-in-deutschland.de
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Topics
• Immigration into Germany
• Important Federal Second Language Programmes:
- Integration Courses- Vocational Language Training Programme
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Three important groups of immigrants
• „Guest Workers“ and their descendants
• „Ethnic German Repatriates“ (4,500,000)
• Immigrants coming in the context of family reunion
A very heterogenuous group (20 percent of the German population)
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Implementation of Second Language Courses: Integration Courses
• Extent of immigration and the needs for integration were underrated for a long time Before 01.01.2005: Unstructured system of language courses in Germany
• 01.01.2005: New Immigration Act setting new standards for German integration policy.
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Integration Courses: Basics
• 01.01.2005: Unification of language courses for adult migrants, establishment of „Integration Courses“
• Foundation of a permanent commission to accompany the conception and implementation of Integration Courses
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Integration Courses: Goals
• Language Level B1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference
• Basic knowledge of society, politics, culture, history and legal system in Germany
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Integration Courses: Current Structure (1)
• Language course: 600 teaching units
• Orientation course: 45 teaching units
• Special Integration Courses for young adults, women, parents, illiterates and long-term residents (945 teaching units)
• Possibility to complete the Integration Course in only 430 teaching units
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Integration Courses: Current Structure (2)
• One final test for the language course, one final test for the Orientation Course
• Design for the language test: Goethe-Institut
• Design for the Orientation Course test: IQB (Institute for Educational Process) at Humboldt University Berlin
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Integration Courses: Current Structure (2)
• If participants pass the two final tests they receive the „Zertifikat Integrationskurs“
• Possibility of repeating 300 teaching units and the final test if main goal (B1) has not been achieved
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Integration Courses: Numbers and Figures(31/03/2010)
• More than 46,000 Integration Courses
• Total number of those with the right to attend an integration
course: more than 830,000
• Participants: More than 630.000
• Number of participants who have finished the course: More than 330,000
• Budget 2010: 233,000,000 €
Integration courses are a „Story of Success“
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Integration Courses: Perspectives
• Level B1 will remain the first goal
• Number of participants who passed the final language exam is rising
constantly
• Coalition agreement from 26/09/09 is stating:- Quantitave and qualitative improvement of the
integration courses- Extension of the Orientation Course from 45 to 60
teaching units- Stronger labour-market orientation
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Vocational Language TrainingCo-financed by European Social Funds
• Goal: Integration of migrants into the labour
market
• 330,000,000 € from the European Social Fund
(ESF)
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Vocational Language TrainingCo-financed by European Social Funds
• 730 teaching units
• Course components:
- Language training
- Qualification and practical work
• Start in February of 2009
• Local organization by specialised course providers
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Vocational Language TrainingNumbers and Figures
• More than 1.200 courses (750 finished)
• Around 21.800 participants (13.500 finished)
• Good placement rate
• Detailed evaluation expected for next year
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Conclusion
• Language is the key to integration
• „Language is not everything, but everything is nothing
without Language“
also true for education.
• Most other German integration programmes have
directly or indirectly to do with language training
programmes.
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Thank you very much for your attention!
Jens ReimannGermany
Federal Office of Migration and Refugees
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