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Enabling skill and competence development through language mentors at the workplace

Lukas, S., Bravo Granström, M., Klepser, R. & Schweizer, K. (2022). Enabling skill and competence development through language mentors at the workplace, European Journal of University Lifelong Learning, 6(2), 45-52.

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URL: https://eucenstudies.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/ejull6-2_lukas_final-1.pdf
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53807/0602fi1o

Abstract
The globalized society of today is marked by significant challenges, such as increasing complexity and rapid changes in the labour market. Through university lifelong learning, skills and competence in society can be developed. Higher education institutions (HEIs) and their offers of continuing education at university level thus play an important role. As an example, the project Language Training on the Job (LaTJo) within the EU programme FIER (Fast Track Integration in European Regions), in which a model for language mentoring at the workplace was conceptualized, is presented here. The project, conducted by the Academy of Continuing Education (AWW) of the University of Education Weingarten (PHW), adopts an important issue: fast integration on the job for migrants and refugees. Hereby, the focus is on the colleagues of the newcomers and hence aims at the dissemination of societal tools to support the integration process. Furthermore, it transfers academic knowledge to society. Applying training directly on the job circumvents a number of obstacles to engaging in lifelong learning. The following paper introduces a mentoring concept in which employees are trained as language mentors. Subsequently, key findings of the accompanying evaluation are presented. The article concludes by discussing lifelong learning, the possible roles of universities in work-based learning and actual as well as future challenges.

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Art der Begutachtung:	Peer Review(Single-blind peer review)
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Online:	Ja, mit Open Access und CC-Lizenz
Datenmedium:	Keine Angabe