The ability to effectively communicate at work is one of the 21st Century Skills demanded by empl... more The ability to effectively communicate at work is one of the 21st Century Skills demanded by employees. Feeling confident and competent in a foreign language plays a vital role in enhancing employability and mobility. The English language is so widely used in the EU and around the world in general that gaining some mastery of it provides the user with clear employment advantages. There are some studies that suggest that the probability of being employed when a candidate has appropriate English skills is in some cases increases by up to 12%. Currently, about 94% of upper secondary students in the EU learn English. Many of them may be successful in their attempts to find employment partly because of their level of English. In a 2016 survey on foreign language skills Eurostats reporting that 'It was common to find that employed persons had the highest level of foreign language proficiency when compared with the shares recorded among unemployed and inactive persons of the same age.&...
The project Professional English Language Skills for Employability Across EU brings together six ... more The project Professional English Language Skills for Employability Across EU brings together six partner institutions from six countries: <strong>Centre for Social Innovation</strong> (CSI) Cyprus; <strong>MECB Ltd</strong> Malta, <strong>Lusófona University</strong> Portugal, <strong>TEAM4Excellence</strong> (T4E) Romania; <strong>Babel Idiomas</strong> Spain; and <strong>Eurospeak Language Schools Ltd</strong> United Kingdom. The main objectives of the project are: make high-quality professional English training available for specifically unemployed citizens across Europe; produce a sensible ready-to-go framework for a curriculum for professional English that can have an impact on Language teachers and trainers, and upskill unemployed citizens with professional English skills that are actually required by employees. This project aims to research the labour market in partner countries and establish the type of ...
The ability to effectively communicate at work is one of the 21st Century Skills demanded by empl... more The ability to effectively communicate at work is one of the 21st Century Skills demanded by employees. Feeling confident and competent in a foreign language plays a vital role in enhancing employability and mobility. The English language is so widely used in the EU and around the world in general that gaining some mastery of it provides the user with clear employment advantages. There are some studies that suggest that the probability of being employed when a candidate has appropriate English skills is in some cases increases by up to 12%. Currently, about 94% of upper secondary students in the EU learn English. Many of them may be successful in their attempts to find employment partly because of their level of English. In a 2016 survey on foreign language skills Eurostats reporting that 'It was common to find that employed persons had the highest level of foreign language proficiency when compared with the shares recorded among unemployed and inactive persons of the same age.&...
The project Professional English Language Skills for Employability Across EU brings together six ... more The project Professional English Language Skills for Employability Across EU brings together six partner institutions from six countries: <strong>Centre for Social Innovation</strong> (CSI) Cyprus; <strong>MECB Ltd</strong> Malta, <strong>Lusófona University</strong> Portugal, <strong>TEAM4Excellence</strong> (T4E) Romania; <strong>Babel Idiomas</strong> Spain; and <strong>Eurospeak Language Schools Ltd</strong> United Kingdom. The main objectives of the project are: make high-quality professional English training available for specifically unemployed citizens across Europe; produce a sensible ready-to-go framework for a curriculum for professional English that can have an impact on Language teachers and trainers, and upskill unemployed citizens with professional English skills that are actually required by employees. This project aims to research the labour market in partner countries and establish the type of ...
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