7f m-care: tlc pack project
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TLC Pack unpacked
Margret Oberhofer & Jozef Colpaert
TLC Pack
Teaching Languages to Caregivers
Lifelong Learning Programme (KA2): 1/1/2014 -30/6/2016
Languages: Dutch, English, German, Greek, Italian and Spanish
A2-B2 CEFR
2 versions:
Teaching: PDF
Self-study: TLC platform
http://language-for-caregivers.eu
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Background
Europe has an aging population:
65+ -> 2030: 25% - 2050: 30% (Eurostat)
Impact on social protection, pension system and employment in the social sector
Belgium:
Trend: More migrants then Belgians start to work in care sector
2009-2013: + 5,000 (EU-countries) and + 7,100 (non-EU) (Vlaams Ministerie van Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Gezin, 2015)
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The TLC Pack resources
6 units – 5 chapters -> 30 chapters + intercultural unit
Topics:
Unit 1: Communication with the residents, the colleague and the family
Unit 2: Daily tasks (e.g.: briefing when shift changeover)
Unit 3: Nutrition / Feeding (e.g.: assisted feeding, dietary restrictions)
Unit 4: Mediation and health care (e.g. wound care, insulin administration)
Unit 5: Post-hospital care (e.g. physical therapy, checking blood pressure)
Unit 6: Free-time activities (e.g. physical exercises, personal history)
Intercultural Unit
4-6 topics (attitudes to time, relationships, body language, death, the use of dialect)
Guidelines for teachers and learners
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The TLC Pack resources
5 chapters: A2 – B2 CEFR
Unit consists of
Video (3-8 minute)
Exercises covering the different skills and final test
Word list
Available from 2016 onwards on http://language-for-caregivers.eu
For teachers and trainers: PDF
For self-study: TLC Platform (custom programmed in PHP & MySQL)
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Video’s
Cooperation with the International Academy for Film and Television in Antwerp and the Karel de Grote University College.
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Video’s
Cooperation with Zorgbedrijf Antwerpen, with 16,000 residents and 3,700 staff members the biggest care center in the region.
Voluntary actors (75+).
The TLC Pack resources: PDF
Transcripts of the dialogue’s
Exercises (reading, listening, writing, speaking, vocabulary, grammar)
Wordlist
15 pages/chapter > 450 pages in total
Key for the exercises
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The TLC Pack resources: self-study
Dialog with embedded video
Exercises (drag & drop, fill in the gap, drop down, true or false)
Vocabulary
Overall test
To be implemented: Audio-add ons (mailVU.com, Vocaroo)
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Outlook
International TLC Pack Conference on 20th April 2016 in Cham (Bavaria).
All materials available free of charge from 2016 onwards on http://language-for-caregivers.eu
For more questions: [email protected]
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