In Switzerland’s political dialogue, an adequate representation of Swiss language communities in the Federal Administration is considered to be a vital expression of multilingualism in Switzerland. Diverse legal bases and directives have been created and issued in the interest of reaching this goal. Nonetheless, questions concerning implementation and effectiveness of these measures remain open...
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(Rapports du Centre scientifique de compétence sur le plurilinguisme)
The project Heritage language and school language: are literacy skills transferable? (HELASCOT) addresses the linguistic development in migrant children of Portuguese descent in Switzerland. It focuses primarily on the children’s literacy skills (reading comprehension and writing skills) in their heritage language (i.e. Portuguese) and in the language of instruction in the region in...
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In den Kantonen BS und SO sowie in den deutschsprachigen Teilen der Kantone BE, FR und VS wird seit dem Schuljahr 2011/12, im Kanton BL seit dem Schuljahr 2012/13, Französisch als erste Fremdsprache ab der 5. Klasse (Zählung nach HarmoS) nach dem Passepartout-Lehrplan bzw. nach einem gemeinsamen Konzept und mit einem gemeinsamen Lehrmittel unterrichtet. Die Ziele, Inhalte und der Aufbau ...
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(Working Papers SES ; 447)
The number of expatriates from global firms has been continuously increasing over the past decades as multinational companies still view expatriation as an important tool for sharing and transferring knowledge, controlling subsidiaries and developing workforce competencies. Expatriate management is still a costly and complex task for multinational companies. Adjustment, which has been defined as...
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