Language Association German

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The Sprachverband Deutsch e. V. dealt with the promotion of German courses for the integration of migrants and prepared the integration courses organized by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees .

history

The German Language Association for Foreign Employees e. V. was founded in Mainz in 1974 on the initiative of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, together with the Federal Labor Office , the German Adult Education Association and the social welfare agencies responsible for social welfare , later the federal states and 13 other organizations of educational institutions joined. In 2001 the association changed its name to Sprachverband Deutsch e. V. After the contract with the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on institutional funding expired in 2003 and was not renewed due to the failure of the Immigration Act , the association was dissolved. The tasks were transferred to the Federal Office for the Recognition of Foreign Refugees .

activity

According to its statutes, the language association pursued the purpose of creating the organizational and pedagogical requirements for German teaching for foreign employees in order to support the work of the language course providers and to improve teaching methods. The aim was to provide a range of language courses with different content and methodology. In accordance with its principles, which were agreed with the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Audit Office, the language association promoted language courses for foreign workers and their family members from EU member states, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, the former Yugoslavia and for former contract workers from the former GDR, Angola, Mozambique and Vietnam. The project funds donated by the federal government for this purpose were paid for the fees of the course instructors, for socio-educational supervisors and employees in childcare. In addition, there was a flat rate for material costs and a cost subsidy for the procurement of the textbooks specified in the German courses. The amount of the grant to the respective language course provider was determined according to the number of hours of the approved courses, 60 to 80, 240, 320 or 640 hours.

Up until 1975, only general language courses for adults were funded, which made do with audiovisual lessons using the language teaching films "Guten Tag" and "Viel Glück in Deutschland". Then a distinction was made between basic and advanced courses, for which selected textbooks were specified according to the method of action-oriented teaching in order to promote communication skills in the German language based on the real life situation of the learners. From 1982, courses were set up for women with the care of their small children, from 1986 courses with a focus on literacy and from 1991 courses to prepare for the German basic module examination and acquisition of an internationally recognized certificate. The number of participants in these courses from 1982 onwards was around 60,000–70,000 per year. In 2001 the funding volume was increased to 46 million DM and remained at this level until the association was dissolved.

From 1976 onwards, the language association initially promoted a model program under the name "Preparatory measures for young people from abroad" (BVM), which was then called "Measures for the social and professional integration of young people from abroad" (MSBE) nationwide with more than 10,000 participants. With special support from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, these courses were also recognized there as basic vocational training. Because of the strong demand for this offer, the Federal Employment Agency included these courses in its vocational preparation course program from 1980. The language association remained responsible for the parts of language teaching and general education in these courses until 1987.

Chancellor Helmut Kohl emphasized the importance of the language association for the integration policy of the federal government in a declaration to the German Bundestag on June 16, 1993:

“We have been promoting - all federal governments have done this - the integration of foreign workers and their family members for years (emphasis in the original). In 1993 it was over 90 million DM for professional and social integration and social counseling. The focus is on language teaching and professional qualifications. In 1992 the "Sprachverband Deutsch" was able to offer language courses for over 80,000 foreign workers. Since this language association was founded, almost 1 million participants have had the opportunity to learn our language in language courses run by hundreds of providers nationwide. "

According to a statement by the federal government of June 6, 2001, the language association had "proven itself as an organizer of language promotion" in close cooperation with the Goethe Institute and had commissioned the organization of the language courses and quality management as part of a new "overall language concept for immigrants" should be. The language association tested this new concept in 2002 at six locations (Schleswig-Holstein, Berlin, Frankfurt / Main, North Rhine-Westphalia). With these projects, limited to a maximum of nine months, joint courses for repatriates and foreigners and a checkbook-related accounting system were to be tested. However, due to the rejection of the Immigration Act by the Federal Constitutional Court (2BvF 1/02) in December 2002, the newly tested concept could no longer be continued.

In addition to the financial support for German courses, the language association, together with the Goethe Institute in Munich, carried out further training for the teachers employed in the courses in one and two-week advanced training courses; for this purpose, five teams were temporarily deployed at different locations.

To support the teachers, the language association recommended particularly suitable textbooks and itself developed concepts and materials for the MSBE courses and for vocational German lessons and for literacy courses, the Alphabet Materials Service (1986–1993). In addition, there were the specialist journals Learn German (1974–2000), Educational Work in the Second Language German (1984–1992) and then German as a Second Language (2000–2015).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Answer of the Federal Government of February 20, 2003, Bundestag printed paper 15/504, p. 5 f. (PDF), last accessed on April 12, 2016
  2. ↑ Answer of the Federal Government of October 17, 1996, Bundestag printed matter 13/6072, p. 2 (PDF file), last accessed on April 14, 2016
  3. ^ Federal government, 5th report on foreigners , Berlin and Bonn 2002, p. 41 , last accessed on April 14, 2016
  4. ↑ German Bundestag, plenary minutes No. 12/162 of June 16, 1993, p. 13858 (B) , last accessed on April 18, 2016
  5. ↑ Answer of the Federal Government of June 6, 2001, Bundestag printed matter 14/6247, p. 6 (PDF file), last accessed on April 12, 2016
  6. ^ Federal Government, 5th report on foreigners , Berlin and Bonn 2002, p. 229 f. , last accessed April 14, 2016