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ESTL (Executive Solutions Training Ltd), a UK-based registered independent learning provider offers customised training, lifelong learning in personal and professional development, leadership and management skills, and consultancies on Sustainable Development/Environmental issues and Corporate Social Responsibility. The company's work is delivered by a network of more than 12 Associates according to project-specific needs and headed by a Training Director. This model of resourcing enables the company to readily set-up teams of highest quality and relevant expertise to customised training or consultancy. Among adults trained by ESTL are those providing language skills training and having English as a Foreign Language. London Councils spend millions of pounds annually to pay for translation and interpretation. For example, the London Borough of Lewisham provides a fee-free translation service to tenants in over 270 languages (http://bit.ly/W7F85I). In addition, in a September 2012 report, English Language for All, the Mayor of London identified the need for a fresh and more effective approach to delivering English language learning, especially for key groups of refugees and migrants (http://bit.ly/WTU0IH). The planned EU project 'iTongue : the art of language' will complement current initiatives and increase access to new tools for language learning for adults. In particular, the project will engage actively with vulnerable groups such as unemployed women, young people, migrants, refugees and others who form part of the more than 270 languages spoken in London and represent diverse cultural backgrounds representative of integration across the EU. Because of the diverse backgrounds of ESTL's Trainers and adult learners and London as the most multilingual and multicultural city in Europe, adults involved in developing and testing content from the 'iTongue project will include people at risk of social exclusion because of education, income and age, migrants and women. In addition the project will provide a unique platform for testing the multilingual tools, having more adults learn a new language faster and with result in greater economic benefits for Europe through increasing success for job seekers and entrepreneurs. As an SME working with many adults in business and lifelong learning,we can contribute greatly to achieve the second aim of this project to create networks for future production and distribution of innovative language learning tools.

Musik Union combines research for and development of new educational measures and tools based on scientific findings about the learning process. This includes musical and linguistic activities for the acquisition of linguistic, social and intercultural competences and the empowerment of civic engagement.

The educational activities range from integration of people with migration background having left education through to individual music talent promotion.

Based on close collaboration with the Baden-Württember County Foundation and the local social services, examples of work done include the holding of JES-workshops for German language learning for underprivileged people with migration background, involved the acquisition of key competencies by participants and the presentation of drama productions in institutions for people with special needs, those living in old people homes as well as people in prisons.    

Music-Union was responsible for the scientific research input and the web presence of a previous GRUNDTVIG project “Art: a basic human need; neurodidactic answers to increasing social challenges www.didactic-pilot.eu/did-you-know This lays a solid ground of recent scientific information about the learning functions of the brain, which can be used also by new partners to find relevant information: 1 min film clips, recommendations, interactive clickable smilies and detailed scientific backgrounds as pdfs. 


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« iTongue: our Multilingual Future» has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the respective authors, and neither the Commission nor the project partners can be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.