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