Romanian Language – Opportunity for Social and Cultural Integration

The project “Romanian Language – Opportunity for Social and Cultural Integration” was implemented by the Intercultural Institute Timisoara between January and June 2010, in partnership with the West University of Timisoara, the Romanian-Arab Cultural Center in Timisoara and the Diversetica Association.Within the project a methodology for teaching Romanian as a Second Language was developed to improve the quality of Romanian language courses and cultural orientation sessions for migrants. 100 migrants from Bucharest and Timisoara benefited from Romanian language courses and cultural orientation sessions within the project, implemented with the support of the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport and financed by the European Union through the General Program Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows, The European Integration Fund for Third-Country Nationals. The project organized free Romanian language courses and socio-cultural orientation for 300 adults residing in Romania from non-EU countries. The courses were held in Bacau, Brasov, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Constanta, Iasi, Oradea, Suceava and Timisoara between February and May 2011 by specialized teachers who received an accredited training course.