The new Erasmus+ funding programme opened up the opportunity to create a strong and long-lasting synergy between the European Prison Education Association (EPEA) who want to bring prison educators from across Europe together in dialogue and best-practice sharing, and the LBB project team who want as many people to use the LBB materials as possible.  The LBB project team were able to create an intensive blended-mobility programme based on the broader topic of multilingualism in prisons and the ways to address this through education and training. As a blended-learning course, the training gives learners the opportunity to learn in their own time, with the requirement that they attend a 3-day residential training.  The learning aims of the course are as follows:

• Reflect on the unique situation and conditions concerning foreign national detainees, and the influence this has on communication needs in prisons and detention facilities
• Critically evaluate the provisions for language acquisition training in your working environment
• Understand how LBB tools can be used in practice, and assess their practical merits
• Identify in detail various problems and solutions regarding language acquisition training with foreign national detainees and prison staff
• Discuss the implications of different learning styles and teacher roles in using LBB tools
• Identify the scope for exploiting LBB tools in various different contexts, using different materials, and building on existing material

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