LangWork: Multilingualism at Work, International Talents, Mismatched Language Skills

Our goal is to develop an inclusive labour market for international educators. We will do it by adapting professional training
methodologies and tools that facilitate dialogue between people with mismatched sociolinguistic backgrounds.

Project implementation takes 3 steps:

1. Discovery and Exchange of practices
   Collecting of insights to understand the nature and dynamic of linguistic insecurity in a multilingual workplace.
2. Training
   Developing skills to deal with linguistic insecurity in work-related context.
3. Work
   Testing our approach and methodology in real-life workplace conditions.

Results:

• A research paper on pedagogical aspects of Translanguaging
  The paper is an empirical review of translanguaging in education and working life. It documents all three steps of implementation.
• e-Handbook for fair recruitment practices in formal education
  The handbook helps to betterunderstand the translanguagingapproach in education, describethe requirements for a multilingualteaching environment and guidethe recruitment process ofinternational talents.
• Digital Toolkit about inclusive career guidance for international talents
  A toolkit to strengthen international talents’ voices when they communicate about their skills and competencies.
• Online multimedia course: overcoming language barriers in education
  The e-course introduces the frameworks and discoveries and could be used as supplementary material for students of language and pedagogical studies.