Seminar Report
"Development of
linguistic and communicational competences among migrant women ".
18-20 April 2013, Bordeaux
The venue: 35, Cours
de Verdun 33000 Bordeaux, France
Participants of
the educational partnership Grundtvig:
Belgium (project
coordinator) - Brussels International Migration and Gender Research Institute, Brussels;
United Kingdom - Russian
Presence UK, London, Edinburgh;
France - Association Russie-Aquitaine,
Bordeaux;
Czech Republic - Občanské sdruženi Cennější než
perla, Prague.
Total number of
participants: 30
Mr Zhukovsky, President of
the Association 'Russie-Aquitaine' welcomed all the participants of the seminar.
He introduced his organisation and gave a general overview the Aquitaine region
geography, culture and traditions.
Then the word
was given to each delegation.
Ms Zhukovskaya, Director
of the Russian language courses (Bordeaux), announced the seminar theme and the
working agenda. All the participants were provided with a "listener workbook
", consisting of four parts with the materials for the whole working day.
The work started
with an interactive exercise on the benefits of learning foreign languages in
which everyone expressed their views.
The next element
of the workshop was a master class entitled "Linguistic and communicational portrait of a migrant woman of third and
fourth waves of emigration." In the article written by Ms Nefagina
(Poland) participants were asked to identify linguistic and communicative
difficulties faced by women in their new social and economic life and to make their
linguistic portrait. This exercise was followed by a discussion and analysis of
this listening experience.
Ms Zhukovskaya gave a
presentation on the Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching and Assessment. She
pointed out the theoretical foundations of the concept of linguistic identity
and the concept of basic language skills.
At the end of
the morning session there was a presentation on methods of rapid learning and immersion into an intercultural
environment. Participants actively discussed the topic and shared
experiences acquired in their respective countries.
After the lunch
break, participants have made a short guided tour to the city park.
The second half
of the day was structured as follows:
- Ms Foss, Edinburgh, spoke about the
project "On the benefits of reading
other people's letters" in a Russian school for students aged between 9
and 16. They use a learner-centered approach in order to create sustainable
motivation to write in Russian and building the skills of independent creative
writing.
- Ms Shapira, Edinburgh, presented the
issue of recognition of previous
education experience in a new
country encountered by many migrant women.
Ms Zhukovskaya continued
the seminar with a special master class
dedicated to psychological barriers, non-verbal modes of communication, language
taboos and humour boundaries.
In anticipation
of the workshop, the organisers designed a questionnaire "Linguistic and communication competences of migrant women".
During the seminar this questionnaire was presented in an interactive way that
aroused great interest of all participants.
At the end of
the day, the participants expressed in a written form their wishes and recommendations for the development of
linguistic and communicative competences among active migrant women in Europe.
The coordinators
of the project and the partners discussed organisational issues during a round
table. They established a plan for further actions to promote the project
RESTART in their countries.
The participants
had a dinner at a special place with French cuisine where they continued
informal discussions and networking.
For the second
day of the seminar organisers suggested a cultural programme. The participants
visited the famous French resort station of Arcachon. They climbed to the
highest dune in Europe where they raised EU flag.
The next seminar
is scheduled for September 2013 in Prague.
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