Social Integration and Foreign Language Development Akrotea ch in the Canton of Zürich

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Social Integration and Foreign Language DevelopmentAkroteach in the Canton of Zürich

GreetingSwitzerlandFederal Office of MigrationAkrotea.ch: Social Integration and Foreign Language DevelopmentThe Guiding Principles of Akrotea.chCourse ProfileTarget GroupsBasic EducationStrengths of our programmeWeaknesses of our programme




Federal Office for Migration

Regulates the conditions under which people can enter Switzerland in order to live and work here.


End of 2010 in thousands in %1

Total 7870.1 Swiss 6103.9 77.6Foreigners 1766.3 22.4

Population size of Switzerland



The Guiding Principles of Akrotea.ch are:

• to live in an intercultural way• to act with dedication towards our clients • to acknowledge lifelong learning• to facilitate the achievement of quality


Social Integration and Foreign Language DevelopmentAkrotea.ch Course Profile in the Canton of Zürich

EinstufungstestDeutsch

Basic Education

First Steps in German

Illiterate adult learners

Reading and Writing

Übertrittsgespräch

Individuelle Abklärung durch die Kursleitenden

Test TELC Deutsch A2

GER A2ca. 150 Lektionen

Sprachstands-messung A2.2


A2.1

A2.2

A2.3

A1.1

GER A1ca. 150 Lektionen



A1.2

A1.3


Deutschkurse nach GER

Test TELC Deutsch B1

GER B1ca. 150 Lektionen

Sprachstands-messung B1.2

Sprachstands-messung B1.1

B1.1

B1.2

B1.3

Prüfungsvorbereitung4 Wochen


Social Integration and Foreign Language Development Akrotea.ch in the Canton of Zürich

Basic Learning Goals – Target Groups

Purely illiterate people

are unable to read and write in any language. They need to understand the relationship between graphic symbols such as letters and the written word.

People unable do understand the Latin alphabet

have learnt to read using non-Latin scripts. They need to convert their reading ability to make it available in the Latin alphabet.

Functionally illiterate people

can read and possobly write simple sentences in their mother tongue but with a limited vocabulary, and cannot read or write well enough to deal with the everyday requirements of life in a highly-developed industrial society.


Participants have minimal formal education and have no or only little knowledge of German

The courses are tailord to the development of participants with special learning needs. They learn rudimentary grammar, organizational and memorisation techniques and the like.


Social Integration and Foreign Language DevelopmentAkrotea.ch Course Profile in the Canton of Zürich

Basic Education Course for illiterate

adult learners

Purely illiterate people

The participants learn:

• the Latin alphabet• assign the phonetic values

to letters• to develop the sence of

touch, orientation in space and the use of every day subjects such as scissors, files or glue

• how to use German

Lesson Frequency2 x 2 units per week, courses begin 3 times a year in January, April and September

Course for reading and writing

People unable to understand the Latin alphabet

The participants learn how to:

• build up words and construct simple sentences

• understand the meaning of words and sentences

• assign the phonetic values to letters and words

• to write diphthongs, vowel mutations (the umlauts ä,ö,ü) and consonantclusters

• recognise compound words

• use a textbook• begin using German


Participants have minimal formal education and have no or only little knowledge of German

The courses are tailord to the development of participants with special learning needs. They learn rudimentary grammar, organizational and memorisation techniques and the like.


Weaknesses of our programme

• Not enough lessons per week

• Great amount of preparatory work for the teacher

• A lack of political recognition means that we do not have the necessary financial support


Strengths of our programme

• Individual support

• Fast progress using the method of “reading by writing”

• Small learning groups

• Specially qualified teaching staff

• Participants can stay for more than one year without getting bored

• Classes are split up into two groups: beginners and those who can already read and write but need more time

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Social Integration and Foreign Language Development Akrotea ch in the Canton of Zürich