Learning professional language at the workplace
Video on supporting professional language learning at the workplace.
The entire work community.
Video duration 22 min.
The work community receives concrete methods for supporting language learning.
Many small measures support development of an employee's professional language skills at the workplace. In the video, Inkeri Lehtimaja describes professional language proficiency and practices that the work community can adopt in the daily life of the workplace to support language learning.
1. Establish open and constructive discussion on language
Agree on how and when to discuss languages safely at the workplace. Languages can be discussed in a structured manner or spontaneously as part of everyday conversation.
2. Adopt multilingual practices
For example, when organising a multilingual event, understand the target audience and their language skills. Use parallel languages and at the beginning of the event, set ground rules in all languages used.
3. Provide subtle language support in interaction
Language support methods include verbalisation, advance preparation, provision of linguistic models, linguistic support in different situations, and debriefing.
The video is a recording from the Näin johdat monikielistä työyhteisöäsi webinar (in Finnish) (How to lead your multilingual work community webinar) (1 March, 2023). The webinar was a joint effort by Suomen Yrittäjät and Language Boost.
Learn more about professional language proficiency in the online article What are professional language skills.
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