Stand: Folie 1 A new Language and Integration Policy Germany The Implementation of a nation wide Integration Course Carola Cichos Federal Office for Migration and Refugees Germany

Stand: Folie 2 1 January 2005 –Act of Residence, Gainful Employment and Integration of Foreigners on Federal Territory –Ordinance on the Implementation of Integration Courses for Foreigners and Ethnic German Resettlers

Stand: Folie 3 Results –More than entitlements – course participants attending a course – participants completed the course –50% reached competence level B1 (CEF) –2/3 of participants are women –2/3 of participants attend the course voluntarily

Stand: Folie 4 Survey 2007 / 2008 courses with 3960 participants –80% of participants wanted to improve their competence of the German language –77% hoped to get better access to the labour market –70% considered the learning rate absolutely right –78% were highly satisfied with the course –2,5% didn't like the course at all

Stand: Folie 5 Institutions / Teaching staff –1.900 approved organisations –6.000 locations –1/3 publicly funded adult education centres (Volkshochschulen) –Offer nearly 50% of all courses –Teaching staff either highly qualified (2/3) or attending a specially-developed skill building programme (1/3)

Stand: Folie 6 Integration Course 2005 –600 lessons – Language Course –30 lessons – Civic Orientation (Orientation Course) –Educational objective – B1 (CEF) –Participant related invoicing 2,05 € / lesson

Stand: Folie 7 Evaluation 2006 Shortcomings –Improving quota of goal achievement –Reducing bureaucracy –Better funding of the courses

Stand: Folie 8 Course improvements since 2007 Organisational and financial improvements –Expansion of course access (e.g. for Germans with migration background) –Incentives (e.g. refund of participant's contribution) –Increased course funding (2,35 € per participant / lesson) –Increased funding of child care during lessons

Stand: Folie 9 Pedagogical improvements –Tailor-made course concepts (e.g. for illiterates) –Extension of lessons per language course (max lessons) (900 lessons for special courses and possibility to repeat another 300 lessons) –New common curriculum for language course was established (German as a second language) –Extension of lessons per Orientation Course (45 lessons) –New standardised curriculum for Orientation Course –New grading test –New final test (adaptive A2 – B1)

Stand: Folie 10 Teaching staff – teachers –5.000 are graduates of Universities (e.g. German as a second language or Teachers of German) –Special skill-building programme for those who haven't a final degree in German as a second language –2.500 have received special training

Stand: Folie 11 Panel-survey –Since 2007 representative survey –3 steps (at course beginning, at the end and a year after completing the course) –280 courses with participants vs. non- participants –Goal: to measure and review sustainable integration success