‘Illiterates, integrated to a job’ : A model for integrated vocational training for illiterate second language learners

Abstract

"Illiterate second language learners have a very low attendance rate in educational and vocational programs in Flanders. The entry level of Dutch and literacy for these programs is a difficult threshold for this group to meet. As a result, illiterate language learners have to follow a general Dutch course for many years in order to reach the required starting level for vocational training"