The Project

S.P.A.R.K.L.E stands for: Supporting Professional Access through Reading Knowledge, Language learning and Employment support.

                                                             Our Vision

The project promotes the social and professional inclusion of migrants and refugees affected by illiteracy and low literacy.

Across Europe, many migrants and refugees face a double barrier to integration:

• they need to learn the language of the host country
• but they cannot rely on basic reading and writing skills to do so.

Traditional language courses are often not designed for learners with very low or no literacy, leaving teachers without adequate tools or effective methodologies.

At the same time, labour market access requires both language proficiency and the ability to understand work-related vocabulary and practical information.

S.P.A.R.K.L.E addresses this gap by integrating language learning, literacy development, and task-based language teaching to support inclusion and labour market integration. It promotes innovative approaches and resources that strengthen literacy, improve comprehension, and enhance employability while raising awareness of low literacy in adult education.

Our Mission

S.P.A.R.K.L.E develops classroom resources, and innovative teaching tools to support language learning for learners with limited reading and comprehension skills.

S.P.A.R.K.L.E equips educators with effective methodologies such as communicative language teaching and task-based learning, specifically adapted for low-literate learners. It also introduces practical teacher resources and lesson plans that integrate Easy-to-Read approaches into work-related content.

Through teacher training, international mobility, pilot courses, and the development of resources for teachers, the project supports learning by experience and promotes best practices in adult education.

It helps migrants acquire the language and professional vocabulary needed to access the labour market, while raising awareness about the challenges of low literacy in adult education.

By turning literacy barriers into pathways for inclusion, S.P.A.R.K.L.E empowers both learners and educators to transform access to language, learning, and opportunity.