Flanders: Els Maton, Tania Menten, Inge Schuurmans

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Literacy and L2 in the Low Countries

• Flanders Els Maton, Tania Menten,
  Inge Schuurmans
  
• Netherlands Ineke van de Craats, Jeanne
  Kurvers, Willemijn
  Stockmann

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Dutch as world language

• Varieties of Dutch
• The Netherlands 16 million
• Northern part of Belgium Flanders 6 million
• Surinam, former Dutch colony
• Dutch Carribean Islands
• Afrikaans, South Africa
• Small part of Northern France

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Dual presentation

• Flanders

• Netherlands

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Main ethnic minorities from

• Morrocco
• Turkey
• Congo
• Italy
• Several East European countries
• Several (North)African countries
• Several Azian countries
• Several Middle East countries

• Turkey
• Morrocco
• Surinam
• Iraq
• Afghanistan
• Iran
• Several African countries

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Leslla population

• Nearly all illiterates and low-educated second
  language learners under citizenship policy.
  
• Therefore
• Information about citizenship policy
• Information about Literacy Dutch L2
• Pairwise for Flanders and Netherlands

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Citizenship Legislation

• Federal law on non-nationals (Belgium)
• Law on citizenship 2006
• Civil orientation (settling policy) ?
  naturalization

• Law on non-nationals (Act on settlement)
• One condition passing exam DL2 and Knowledge of
  Dutch Society
  
• WIB (Immigration Act)
• Before arrival
• WI (Act on Citizenship)
• After arrival

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Citizenship Program

• Knowledge of Dutch Society
• History, geography, health, education, job market
  and work
  
• Dutch L2
• New arrivals A2 ow
• Long term residents A2 oral, A1 written
• Practicing functional competence in Dutch

• Knowledge of Dutch Society
• History, politics, geography, health, education,
  job market and work
  
• Individual coaching
• Orientation on vocational, educational and social
  level
  
• Dutch L2
• A1 oral and written

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Citizenship Requirements

• No exam

• Exam Home country
• Dutch L2 oral A1-
• Knowledge Dutch Society
• Phone test

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Citizenship Exams

• No exam
• Centre for civil integration (settlement policy)
  grants certificate in case of frequent attendance

• Exam WI
• Practice test with portfolio and/or assessment
• Dutch L2 (phone test plus computer test)
• Knowledge of Dutch Society (computer test)

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Citizenship Who pays ?

• Government
• Ministry of Education Work pays
• Dutch L2
• orientation on professional level
• Ministry of Civil Integration (settlement policy)
  pays
  
• Social integration, individual coaching and
  orientation on educational social level
  
• New arrivals
• Compulsory attendance pay safeguard
• Voluntary attendance pay a part

• In principle newcomer pays own citizenship
  courses unless
  
• they belong to a specific group,
• local authorities pay for
• caretakers
• jobless

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Flowers for the Netherlands
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We sent them to the minister
Thanks
The Netherlands for everyzing I am allowed to
learn
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Literacy DL2 Positioning in Context CEFR

• Framework DL2 and literacy DL2 based on the CEFR
  of Languages, levels
  
• - 1.1. Breakthrough
• 1.2. Waystage

• Framework DL2
• Portfolio Dutch L2
• Framework Literacy DL2
• Portfolio Dutch L2

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Literacy DL2 participants

• Mainly from
• Morocco (Berbers)
• Afghanistan
• Iraq
• Ghana
• Sierra Leone
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Congo
• Burundi

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Literacy DL2 Intake

• Intake interview about expectations, aims and
  obligations
  
• Intake tests
• TIWI
• Intake tests for illiterates and low- educated L2
  learners
  

• Houses of Dutch
• Cognitive intake test for
• literate L2 learners
• Refer to schools
• Schools
• - Intake talk about expectations, aims and
  obligations
  
• - Intake tests (differ per school)

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DL2 Aims and Framework

• Framework DL2
• Level 1.1 (A1)
• 3 modules for civic integration (180 h)
• 4 modules for others (240 h)
• Level 1.2 (A2)
• 3 modules (240 h)
• Key skills
• Attitudes
• Learning and communication strategies

• Framework DL2
• 5 levels A1, A2, B1, B2, C1
• Oral (listening, speaking, conversation)
• Written (reading and writing)
• Functional aims

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Literacy DL2 Aims and Framework

• Framework Literacy DL2
• 3 levels A, B, C(A1)
• Oral (listening, speaking, conversation
• Written (reading and writing)
• Functional skills
• Technical skills

• Framework Literacy DL2
• Level 1.1 (A1)
• 10 modules (600 h)
• Level 1.2 (A2)
• 6 modules (360 h)
• Key skills
• Attitudes
• Learning- and communication strategies

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Literacy courses DL2 Content

• Functional written Dutch in personal context
• Decoding skills and fluency
• Functional oral skills
• Vocabulary
• Functional speech acts

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Literacy DL2 Perspectives

• Vocational perspective
• Social perspective
• Educational perspective

• Work
• OGO
• Education
• Health care
• Upbringing

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Literacy DL2 Course Material

• Reading and writing course material
• ready-made programs
• computer-assisted
• Course materials oral Dutch
• Self-made material
• Ready-made material

• Reading and writing course material
• ready-made programs textbooks
• computer-assisted
• Course material oral Dutch
• Authentic documents
• Portfolio L2 Literacy
• Methodology
• - code-related
• - functional

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Literacy DL2Teacher qualifications

• No specific L2 qualification
• Qualification for primary education (general)
• Qualified teacher of languages secondary
  education
  
• Specific certificate for others without teaching
  qualification but with experience

• No specific L2 qualification
• Degree higher education or university with
  teaching qualification
  
• Specific certificate for others without teaching
  qualification but with experience

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Literacy DL2 Evaluation and Assessment

• No exam in civil integration (settlement policy)
• No standardized exams for literacy DL2
• Emphasis on permanent evaluation

• Inburgeringstoets
• Test of Citizenship Dutch L2
• Portfolio Literacy DL2
• Checklists/dossier

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Kwakus first letter