Adapter les formations en langues aux pratiques langagières plurilingues en milieu professionnel

Abstract

Among the "language management strategies" identified and evaluated in the PIMLICO Project of 2011 in relation to language skills in international professional circles, language training still provides predominantly monolingual learning paths to employees engaged in daily multilingual, complex and individual communication.This article argues that the development of a language training inventory would be beneficial for both sites of a European aerospace company and UNESCO in Hamburg.Considering the gap between the prescribed language policy and current language practices, we consider that an interdisciplinary approach, involving a blend of subjects such as linguistics (in particular a “framing” approach), as well as science and the sociology of work would not only satisfy the needs of employees, but would also serve to gather educational materials that could be derived from a corpus of discourse analysis.

Keywords

• multilingualism
• language management strategies
• workplace
• continuous training