The Guide for teaching national language for migrants is a multi-level resource for professionals and volunteers working for and with migrants. In its eight chapters you will find the reflections of professionals from Spain, Denmark, Greece, Italy and Germany on the why and how to teach the national language, introducing the analysis of teaching materials, the use of technologies, the transversal importance of environmental and gender contents and underlining the need to approach this hosting process from an intercultural dialogue of knowledge for the empowerment of migrants as guests and protagonists in their process of learning the host language and culture.

It is a Guide that contains links to all kinds of resources related to language learning, languages and toolkit on education and migration, a guide based on the pedagogy of hospitality that offers a dialogical view of what should be an encounter and a dialogue between cultures to encourage professionals and volunteers to reflect on how we should approach this first law of coexistence, which is to welcome those who come as an opportunity to grow and learn as a community.

This guide and action plan is designed to support professionals working with migrants in developing their cultural competencies. It provides tools and insights to help professionals create their own action plans for cultural competency training, incorporating national resources in the language of each partner participating in the PIPE project.

The guide offers a concise theoretical framework that introduces professionals to the concept of cultural competence. It includes a progressive, level-based itinerary, allowing each professional or organization to decide based on their experience and needs—whether to follow the entire path or focus on specific levels. Inspired by Cortázar’s novel Rayuela (Hopscotch), professionals can choose their own journey through the guide’s content.

The guide analyzes the barriers and challenges faced in implementing cultural competence training in the field of interculturality, a series of reflections on the concept of identity and heritage and the need to direct our efforts towards the collective and progressive construction of an hospitality culture.  The guide defines the learning objectives and a decalogue of good practices to generate dialogue and community reflection on what one should consider when designing the own training plan.