Settle+In!

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Public Contact Details
Name: Anna Kingston Role in the project: Project Manager Email: Anna.kingston@polytechnic.tas.edu.au Phone: 62164482 Photo:

What is the problem or opportunity you are addressing in this project?
This project will create localized settlement information resources in different formats and community languages that recently-arrived migrants and refugees will be able to access at any time to help with their settlement in Tasmania. These resources will be created by students as part of their Certificate course. Students will arrange, carry out and record interviews with relevant service providers. These interviews will be transcribed and translated into various community languages. Students will also create podwalks of important places in the local area. Both these resources will be posted on a wiki that was created as a 2009 Learning Innovation and will be used and updated by a variety of service providers around the state beyond the life of the project.

Who are the learners and how will they benefit from this project?
Our learners are newly-arrived migrant and refugee adults and youth who are learning English. Learners’ levels of literacy range from pre-literate to more advanced. The majority of our learners have a federally legislated entitlement and all are enrolled in the Certificate in Spoken and Written English (CSWE).

How are you currently delivering this training? (ie prior to the project)
Face-to-face with interpreters Visiting speakers Excursions

Describe how the innovation you are embedding through the project will change this delivery
This project is based on sound educational theory; the videos and audios contextualise classroom content; translations in community languages act as a perfect scaffold to assist students in comprehending English language versions; the recorded nature of the text means students can pause, rewind and review language as needed; and on-line availability means that students can work independently at their own pace. The resource content will all be real-life, relevant and created by students themselves. Both the creation and use of the end result will be directly linked to relevant assessment outcomes. Learning will take place by students directly involved in the creation of the resources as well as by those accessing the resources on completion.

Please list 5 key words (comma separated) that people can use to find your project
settlement, migrant, refugee, AMEP, CSWE

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