Literacy Course
Group of people
Primary illiterates are people who have never learned to read and write or who have only attended school for a few years and have therefore not been able to acquire reading and writing skills.
The literacy course can be attended by migrants due to a lack of or insufficient literacy skills.
Placement procedure
Whether participation in a literacy course is necessary is determined in the placement procedure for the integration courses.
Number of hours per week
Maximum number of lessons per week: 25 lessons
As in all integration courses, the Alpha courses also consist of several consecutive course sections, each comprising 300 lessons.
Literacy courses consist of a
Number of participants
Based on previous experience in literacy work with migrants, a maximum number of 16 participants is considered optimal.
Eligibility for participation
As a rule, participants who have not attended school, have not had any “pen” experience in their lives and at the same time have no knowledge of German and only a very low level of language (learning) awareness in their own mother tongue are eligible.
Final test
After the specified teaching units (TU), the course participant takes a final test. The language level A2 to B1 according to CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) with the scaled language test “Deutsch-Test für Zuwanderer” should be successfully completed. The orientation course concludes with a nationwide test on the topics of “Politics in Democracy”, “History and Responsibility” and “People and Society”.
Primary illiterates are people who have never learned to read and write or who have only attended school for a few years and have therefore not been able to acquire reading and writing skills.
The literacy course can be attended by migrants due to a lack of or insufficient literacy skills.
Placement procedure
Whether participation in a literacy course is necessary is determined in the placement procedure for the integration courses.
Number of hours per week
Maximum number of lessons per week: 25 lessons
As in all integration courses, the Alpha courses also consist of several consecutive course sections, each comprising 300 lessons.
Literacy courses consist of a
- Basic Alpha course with 300 lessons
- Advanced Alpha course A with 300 lessons
- Advanced alpha course B with 300 units
- advanced alpha course C with a further 300 units as a refresher course.
- orientation course with 100 UE
Number of participants
Based on previous experience in literacy work with migrants, a maximum number of 16 participants is considered optimal.
Eligibility for participation
As a rule, participants who have not attended school, have not had any “pen” experience in their lives and at the same time have no knowledge of German and only a very low level of language (learning) awareness in their own mother tongue are eligible.
Final test
After the specified teaching units (TU), the course participant takes a final test. The language level A2 to B1 according to CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) with the scaled language test “Deutsch-Test für Zuwanderer” should be successfully completed. The orientation course concludes with a nationwide test on the topics of “Politics in Democracy”, “History and Responsibility” and “People and Society”.
Locations
Cities where this course is available