Language policy planning
Does your organisation have two or more working languages? Are you facing a situation where you will need to decide on language use principles for your organisation? This section includes ready-to-use models which help the management to build functioning multi-language practices and to facilitate the change to a multilingual workplace.
Steps toward language awareness in the workplace
Model for planning language aware practices.
As part of developing the organisation's operations, time is reserved for getting to know the model and work community-oriented development.
Helps set objectives and identify required resources.
Language User Profiles
Model for understanding needs and emotions related to language.
Getting to know the model: about 15 minutes.
Raises awareness of wishes and circumstances of different language users.
Language solutions for workplaces
Working in Finnish, English or both? Benefits and disadvantages.
Reading time approximately 10 minutes.
Raises awareness of how different language solutions affect the work community.
Language strategy
Guidelines for drawing up the organisation's language strategy.
Preparation, implementation and monitoring of the strategy.
Highlights the organisation's objectives and provides a basis for actions.
Language discussions in the work community
Discussion templates to support language discussions in the work community.
Planning and e.g. 1–1.5 h discussion.
The work community becomes more aware of linguistic issues and commits to developing linguistic practices.