The Daugavpils University Society “Intellect Park” for Lifelong Learning, Culture, and Science Communication continues to implement the project “My Latvian Language Portfolio”, No. PMIF/13.2./2023/1/10, within the framework of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2021-2027 programming period, Activity 13.2. “Inclusion of Third-Country Nationals in the Local Community by Promoting Opportunities for Learning and Using the Latvian Language”.
Within the framework of the project, six groups consisting of 83 third-country nationals from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, the Russian Federation, New Zealand and Uzbekistan will begin Latvian language courses between August and September 2024. The courses are conducted both in person and on the ZOOM online conference platform.
It is planned that by February 2025, a total of 54 participants from different regions of Latvia will have improved their Latvian language skills remotely, while 29 participants from Daugavpils and Augšdaugava Municipality will have improved their skills through in-person courses. All participants are being prepared for the State Language Proficiency Exam organized by the National Centre for Education (VISC).
The majority of course participants, namely 57 third-country nationals, will acquire Latvian language skills at the A2 proficiency level, while 26 third-country nationals will reach the B1 proficiency level. Additionally, 43 individuals are continuing their Latvian language studies at the next proficiency level.
Within the framework of the project, during the new period, participants from three groups of the conversation language club “I Want to Talk to You” will develop everyday communication skills in an informal setting. Native Latvian speakers and close relatives of third-country nationals will also take part in the conversation club sessions, providing an opportunity for stronger social inclusion and integration into Latvian society.
In order to help course participants gain a deeper understanding of Latvia’s social and cultural environment and broaden their knowledge of society and individuals’ values, traditions and customs, well-known public figures, i.e. experts and opinion leaders, will be invited to the conversation club sessions.
The first conversation club sessions for two groups will take place on September 28, 2024.
The conversation club programme will be implemented with a total of 32 hours of instruction for groups at A2 and B1 language proficiency levels.
The courses are organized within the framework of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2021-2027 programming period, Activity 13.2. “Inclusion of Third-Country Nationals in the Local Community by Promoting Opportunities for Learning and Using the Latvian Language”, project “My Latvian Language Portfolio”, No. PMIF/13.2./2023/1/10.
THE PROJECT IS BEING CO-FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION
This publication was created with the support of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.
The Daugavpils University Society “Intellect Park” for Lifelong Learning, Culture, and Science Communication is responsible for the content of this publication.
The publication was prepared and published on August 26, 2024.
