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“The new pilot project in Lombardy for adult migrant newcomers:

“Certify your Italian. A language for knowing and making yourself

known” Certifica il tuo Italiano. La lingua per

conoscere e farsi conoscere”

Direzione Generale Famiglia e Solidarietà SocialeRegione Lombardia - ITALY

Ministero della Solidarietà Sociale

Direzione generale sull’immigrazione

Strasbourg, 26-27 June 2008

THE LINGUISTIC INTEGRATION OF ADULT MIGRANTS

INTERGOVERNMENTAL SEMINAR

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Linguistic learning and migrants’ integration

Basing on these assumptions, the Lombardy Region, through decree n° VIII/001519 of December 22, 2005, adhered to a programme enacted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies meant to promote Italian language learning actions through the experimentation project called…

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…“CERTIFY YOUR ITALIAN. A language for knowing and making yourself known” Free Italian courses

for foreigners

Aimed at preparing them to get the “Italian Certification as a second Language” (Certificazione Italiano L2)

“Certifica il tuo italiano. La lingua per conoscere e farsi conoscere”

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The project

The project is a set of integrated actions among different institutions, which deal with immigration and foreign citizens’social and cultural integration.

To carry out this project, and in order to regulate implementing the foreseen activities by specifying their purposes, the Lombardy Region (Family and Social Solidarity Department) signed a preliminary protocol with: Osservatorio Regionale della

Lombardia per l’integrazione e la multiethincità

Fondazione Ismu Ufficio Scolastico per la Lombardia

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Main objectives

1) Improvement of Italian language skills for lately immigrated young and adults (in view of their full social and professional integration);

2) Spreading of the Italian Certification practice,

according to the reference standards provided by the Common European Language Framework (in view of an improvement and enhancement of acquired skills);

3) increasing the number of issued certifications on a regional scale, and strengthening partnership and mutual cooperation among the institutions dealing with immigration.

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The project’s main actions Project promotion among migrants Teachers’ training courses (general and

specific training on certification procedures)

Implementation of free courses of Italian language for adult beginners with flexible and modular

Implementation of the international certification (treshold levels)

quantitative and qualitative monitoring20 interviews (students, 4 focus groups (teachers), 169 questionaries (teachers), 664 questionnaires (students)

Progetto “Certifica il tuo Italiano” La lingua per conoscere e farsi conoscere

Certification coursesItalian l2

IIS. FrisiManagerial and economic

monitoring Quantitative monitoring

Qualitative monitoring

Multilingual advertising

Teachers’ training

REGIONAL COMMETTEE

INTEGRATED ACTIONS

•125 schools, associations •270 courses •3.100 new migrant adults involved•1800 CILS, IT, PLIDAcertificates issued

350 school teachers and volonteers

117 teachers of the project courses

•Albanian •Arab•Brasilian•Chinese•French •Hindi•English•Romanian•Russian •Spanish •Tagalog

•Interviews•focus groups•questinoaries for teachersand students •Database migrant

students and teachers

Dati del monitoraggio quantitativo ISMU 2007

Ministero della Solidarietà Sociale

Direzione generale sull’immigrazione

The project network: different organizations

network includes 122 members (local authorities, schools, territorial training centres, and other associations)

The high number of different organizations that have adhered to network agreements is an evidence of the high visibility of this project Fulfilment of the objective to enlarging the

territorial cooperation network among local authorities, school and private social organizations

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Collected data

Preliminary analyses on collected data underline that the project reached 3.100 new migrants: Women 69% Men 31%

Women employed in the elderly’ assistance, young unemployed, emarginated adult migrants

involved: a network of 120 schools and institutions 350 teachers in special training

Progetto “Certifica il tuo Italiano” La lingua per conoscere e farsi conoscere

Università per Stranieri di Siena

CILSCertification

Università Roma 3 IT

Certification

Società Dante AlighieriPLIDA Certification

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schools and different associations

School time:in the morning

in the afternoonin the evening

Chance to takethe final examination

after 20 hours as well after 80 hours,in 1 month as well in 18 months

Felexible and modular duration:

20 – 30 – 40 hours

Certification courses Italian L2

Positive action for adult new migrants

Dati del monitoraggio quantitativo ISMU 2007

Ministero della Solidarietà Sociale

Direzione generale sull’immigrazione

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Positive feedback from students’ questionaries

“I have appreciated a lot Italian conversation at school, because outside I do not speak Italian. I do not have Italian friends”

Their best motivations on attending these courses are the following: 1° For my job2° To feel myself more confident3° To go on my studies4° To live better in Italy

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Conclusion: some students’ final comment“Just yesterday night, I dreamt in

Italian. This morning I told my husband: «Do you know that I have dreamt in Italian for the first time in my life? »

“Writing a letter in Italian to express my gratefulness to those who helped me gave me a great satisfaction”

Regione Lombardia - Direzione Generale Famiglia e Solidarietà Sociale

For more info write at clara_demarchi@regione.lombardia.it

For information about projcet “Certifica il tuo italiano “For more info on this project write at :clara_demarchi@regione.lombardia.ite.rinaldi@ismu.orgnella.papa@alice.it

Regione LombardiaDirezione Generale Famiglia e Solidarietà Sociale

www.famiglia.regione.lombardia.it

Ministero del Lavoro, della Salute e delle Politiche Sociali Direzione Generale dell’Immigrazione

www.solidarietasociale.gov.it