“Youth exchanges: facilitating the process of communication in English”

You are a youth worker or you work directly with young people You have experience or you wish to gain this kind of experience You wish to make a youth exchange within the framework of the EC YOUTH in ACTION programme. You have basic knowledge of English but your level or the lack of practice . stop you making the first move to establish contacts with potential partners abroad . make it difficult to present your association/group, to state what you want in a clear way or to negotiate a programme with your partner In other words, you need : . a confidence boost . tools to communicate as much as you can with what you know in English . opportunities to practice your English in the specific context of youth exchanges The BIJ (Bureau International Jeunesse) National Agency the French speaking Community of Belgium, is organising a training course to facilitate the process of communication in English between youth workers and to establish contacts for further youth exchanges. The trainer will work in an interactive way to develop confidence and skills. She will use a variety of activities such as pair work on situations linked to youth exchanges, games, use of relevant “Youth for Europe” materials (partner request forms etc…), use of the video tool.