LSM Toolkit 2024
The LSM Toolkit consists of a set of 80 resources designed to guide educators who are providing these kinds of language support for adult migrants and migrant children in a wide range of contexts.
You will find below a link to each tool which you can download in word and pdf format.
These tools are currently available in English, French, Italian and Turkish. The Italian translation of the LSM Toolkit 2024 was provided by Società Dante Alighieri.
A. Raising awareness (tools 1-15)
Reflecting on the task of providing language support to migrants
Tool 1 - Supporting migrants in managing relations with people in a new context
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Tool 2 - Supporting recently arrived migrants who are adjusting to their new situation
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Tool 3 - Some considerations to be aware of when working with recently arrived migrants
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Tool 4 - What is involved in providing language support for recently arrived migrants
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Tool 5 - Some points to bear in mind when providing language support for migrants
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Tool 6 - Supporting migrants of different ages who are learning a new language
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Tool 7 - Migrants as language users and learners
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Migrant learners and their languages
Tool 8 - Creating a plurilingual self-portrait: a reflective task for you
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Tool 9 - Challenges when learning to read and write in a new language
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Tool 10 - Supporting migrants with low literacy
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Tool 11 - Taking advantage of the first languages of migrants
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Tool 12 - Arabic: some information
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Tool 13 - Kurdish: some information
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Tool 14 - Persian languages: some information
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Tool 15 - Somali: some information
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B. Preparing and planning (tools 16-39)
Practical considerations when planning language support
Tool 16 - Taking account of diversity when providing language support for migrants
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Tool 17 - A checklist for reflecting on differences within groups of migrant learners
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Tool 18 - Being aware and taking account of the uneven linguistic profiles of migrants
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Tool 19 - Reflecting on your language support work
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Tool 20 - Setting objectives for language support for migrants who are beginners in the new language
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Series on beginning language support for migrants
Introduction to the first series - Tools 21 - 22 - 23
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Tool 21 - Preparing a learning environment for providing language support
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Tool 22 - Planning language support at a very elementary level
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Tool 23 - Observing situations in which migrants need to use the target language
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Supporting classroom learning
Tool 24 - Accustoming young migrants to the language needed when studying school subjects
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Tool 25 - Functions and expressions useful in subject teaching with young migrants
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Tool 26 - Dealing with grammar when providing language support
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Tool 27 - Assessing language learning and offering feedback in a supportive way
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Using texts and pictures
Tool 28 - Selecting and using texts for listening at elementary level
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Tool 29 - Selecting and using texts for reading at elementary level
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Tool 30 - Selecting pictures and ‘realia’ for language activities: some guidelines
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Tool 31 - Supporting migrants in taking advantage of opportunities to read in public spaces
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Tool 32 - Using cartoons to help migrants to learn a new language
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Tool 33 - Accustoming migrants to watching the news
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Dealing with vocabulary
Tool 34 - Ideas to support migrants' learning of basic vocabulary for everyday life
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Tool 35 - Techniques to aid vocabulary learning
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Tool 36 - Introducing basic vocabulary for expressing opinions and emotions
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Addressing the occupational domain
Tool 37 - Supporting migrants who need to look for training opportunities
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Tool 38 - Supporting migrants who need to describe their general skills when applying for a job
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Tool 39 - Supporting migrants who are starting to look for work
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C. Language support activities (tools 40-80)
Series on discovering migrants' need
Introduction to the second series - Tools 40 - 45
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Tool 40 - The first interview
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Tool 41 - Finding out what migrants can already do in the target language and what they need to be able to do
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Tool 42 - Finding out about migrants’ literacy and language profile in the target language
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Tool 43 - Finding out more about migrants’ own language resources and skills
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Tool 44 - Migrants' language profile
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Tool 45 - Making notes on migrants’ background
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Getting started with language support
Tool 46 - Breaking the ice and building group confidence
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Tool 47 - Using an ‘about me’ wheel with migrants
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Tool 48 - Getting recently arrived migrants to talk about themselves
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Tool 49 - Language games and activities for migrants
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Tool 50 - Plurilingual portrait: a reflective task for migrants
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Getting migrants to reflect on their language learning
Tool 51 - Encouraging migrants to think about their learning
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Tool 52 - Encouraging migrants to think about learning activities
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Tool 53 - Encouraging migrant to assess their own progress in language learning
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Scenarios for use in language support
Tool 54 - Introduction to using scenarios in language support for migrants
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Tool 55 - Scenario - Starting to socialise
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Tool 56 - Scenario - Using a mobile phone in the new language
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Tool 57 - Scenario - Using apps like Google Maps in the new language
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Tool 58 - Scenario - Language needed to find one’s way in town
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Tool 59 - Scenario - Using health services
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Tool 60 - Scenario - Finding out about social services
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Tool 61 - Scenario -Talking about food
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Tool 62 - Scenario - Shopping in the host country
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Tool 63 - Scenario - Shopping for clothes
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Tool 64 - Scenario - Asking about and applying for training opportunities
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Tool 65 - Scenario - Getting involved in lifelong learning
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Tool 66 - Scenario - Finding accommodation
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Tool 67 - Scenario - Using postal and banking services
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Tool 68 - Scenario - Dealing with schools or colleges
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Tool 69 - Scenario - Participating in meetings with school staff about one’s children
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Tool 70 - Scenario - Talking about sports
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Tool 71 - Scenario - Practising sports in the local environment
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Tool 72 - Scenario - Looking for work and applying for jobs
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Tool 73 - Scenario - Preparing a curriculum vitae
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Tool 74 - Scenario - Writing a job application letter
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Tool 75 - Scenario - Preparing for a job interview
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Interacting with the local community
Tool 76 - Preparing language support activities in the community with migrants
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Tool 77 - Mapping journeys and the local area with migrants
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Tool 78 - Socialising with other people in the local community
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Family tools
Tool 79 - Providing language support for migrant families
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Tool 80 - Learning activities for family groups learning a language together
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