Supporting language learning

How can the employer and the workplace support language learning? Make use of the advice and models with which you can help international employees to develop their language skills at work.

Kuvituskuva: Mies ja nainen keskustelevat pöydän ääressä ikkunan edessä.

Language learning plan

Content:

Editable material for drawing up a language learning plan.
Time:

Preparation 10 min, discussion 10-15 min.
Benefit:

Improvement of language proficiency is integrated into professional development.
Hands are holding a pen and there's a notebook on the table.

Pocketbook for supporting language learning

Content:

Method for learning professional language at the workplace.
Time:

Continuous work and regular discussion of observations.
Benefit:

Links language learning to the employee’s needs and work scenarios. 
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Language workshop

Content:

A workshop to discuss work-related (language) issues and find solutions together.
Time:

For example, 1 hour every other week, with participants writing down observations and questions between sessions.
Benefit:

Employees learn language relevant for their work.
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Language mentor

Content:

Operating model for facilitating language issues in the work community.
Time:

Training (e.g. 1 day), working time reserved for facilitation.
Benefit:

Language mentor model supports language learning and increases language awareness in the work community.
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Learning professional language at the workplace

Content:

Video on supporting professional language learning at the workplace.
Time:

Video duration 22 min.
Benefit:

The work community receives concrete methods for supporting language learning.
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Tips for supporting Finnish learners

Content:

Tips for conversations with language learners and speaking clearly.
Time:

15 tips with examples.
Benefit:

Native-language employee learns to speak more clearly and to support the language learner in participating in discussions. 
Kuvitus kahdesta hahmosta työpaikalla. Toisella hahmoista on käsi nyrkissä ja hän osoittaa peukalollaan olkapäänsä taakse.

Phrases for the break room: booklet and video

Content:

Discussion booklet (and video) with spoken phrases for the language learner and tips for speaking clearly for the native speaker. 
Time:

15 themes, each with 3-4 phrases and a video of roughly a minute in duration (total video duration about 13 minutes); 15 tips for native speakers.
Benefit:

Encourages practising Finnish-language discussions in social situations at the workplace. 
ALT test in english

(Coming in English in 2024) Videot: Kieltä oppivan kollegan kohtaaminen

Content:

Kolme lyhyttä videota, joissa vinkkejä kieltä oppivan työtoverin kohtaamiseen
Time:

Yhteensä 2,5 minuuttia
Benefit:

Työyhteisön jäsenet oppivat suhtautumaan luontevasti erilaisiin kielitaitoihin vuorovaikutustilanteissa
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