ALL IN!

When we applied for the project, the scenario of the four European Union countries (Italy, Germany, France and Spain) involved in the project, there was (and still is) an increasing presence of immigrant citizens from third countries and other EU countries which has required over the years a greater commitment to policies and practices aimed at fostering an open and inclusive society, the promotion of communicative competences in the languages of the host countries remains to be a key element in achieving this objective. One of the main challenges facing the world of L2 teaching is to offer a training proposal that responds to the real needs, requirements and interests of learners. These needs were addressed in the ALL IN project by creating guidelines on good practices and methodologies useful to overcome the difficulties highlighted in L2 teaching for adults in formal and informal contexts, with particular regard to the ‘vulnerable’ target groups (eg women, asylum seekers, unaccompanied foreign minors), resulting from a previous reserach in each country and the elaboration of a didactic Manual with modules of L2 teaching for adults in each country (EN + Language of the country).

As we mentioned in the proposal, we were driven by the desire to join forces to respond to a real need in their territories of reference in the informal L2 education field, the partner associations have successfully implemented the "ALL-IN" project and achieved the (general) objective of promoting the sociolinguistic inclusion of migrants, refugees and applicants in the territories where they live and work, which was achieved by improving the quality of L2 teaching through the design and testing of innovative teaching practices in 4 EU countries (specific objective). The direct beneficiaries of the project were the L2 teachers of the various countries involved, both working in the formal and informal teaching system and the organisations and institutions providing L2 courses. The indirect beneficiaries will be the foreign citizens who use these courses.

The project objectives were achieved and the project was successfully implemented as described in the proposal through the implementation of the following activities: 1. Transnational meetings: 1 kickoff meeting + 4 transnational meetings, involving 2 participants per partner association which, as foreseen, fostered exchange and comparison between project partners. 2. Guidelines on good practices and methodologies which were useful to overcome the difficulties highlighted in L2 teaching for adults in formal and informal contexts, with particular regard to the ‘vulnerable’ target groups (eg women, asylum seekers, unaccompanied foreign minors), resulting from a previous reserach in each country . 3. Elaboration of a didactic Manual with modules of L2 teaching for adults in each country (EN + Language of the country). Each partner chose an area (eg. work, health, etc.) to develop an innovative 10-hour module based on the guidelines developed by the University for Foreigners of Siena. 4. Three Long Training and Teaching Activities (LTTA) were organized which, as foreseen, fostered a "complementary" increase of participants' knowledge and skills in the field of L2 teaching to adult migrants: - "L2 ball in the centre. How to teach L2 through sport". -'Digital competences for L2 teachers'. - "Learning L2 with board games". 5. Multiplier events: two were organized in each country for each of the main results of the projects (above mentioned). 6. Other transversal activities: coordination, evaluation, dissemination...

The expected results were met during the implementation of the project: - an increase in knowledge of methodologies and strategies for teaching L2 to migrants through the elaboration of a field analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of current systems. - innovation of strategies and tools used for teaching L2 to adult migrants. Expected results at the end of the project were also met: - increased capacity of L2 language teachers to offer innovative training that meets the real needs of the target groups - increased number of adult migrants and refugees who complete the training courses - increased dissemination of innovative teaching tools for L2 language teaching.