Removing the Linguistic Barriers in English within Intercultural Communication

• Target group: youth workers, people working in NGOs, associations, local authorities, or governmental services involved in the Youth in Action programme, who feel that their lack or weakness of practice of the English language is a barrier: o in their effort to network and build partnerships o to present and explain the reality of their organisation and their work o to prepare efficiently a project with their partners o to express clearly their objectives, aims, or wishes… • Group size: 24 participants (half of them from France) from different European countries • Aims and objectives: o to give the participants enough confidence in using English to develop European projects under the YiA programme o to improve their practice in English related to international youth work o to understand intercultural situations in international team work and partnership • Programme elements: o concrete exercises related to international youth work (for example, presentation of your organisation, elaboration of a Youth Exchange programme, phone calls with a partner, etc.) o knowledge and vocabulary of the European Youth in Action programme o basic grammar and general vocabulary to survive in an English-speaking environment o exercises and simulation games on intercultural teamwork • Methods: o Focus on speaking English o Short and varied exercises o both individual work and small groups • Trainers: o Patty KEY: an English teacher, coming from Canada and living in Great Britain, specialised in teaching English to non-native speakers o Catherine AMELINEAU: regional correspondent of the French National Agency of the European YiA programme, trainer specialised in intercultural learning Preference will be given to candidates who are involved in a project under the Youth in Action programme and who will rapidly need to speak English for implementing that activity. WARNING! This training course is not designed for absolute beginners in English or for people wishing to improve a good level in English. In reference to the assessment grid of the “European common framework of languages” (see next pages), the target group of this TC are people at levels A1 and A2.