Thisp aper reports on twon ationwide projects implemented in Greece aiming at providing courses in Greek as asecond languagefor adultimmigrants. Aqualitativeapproach was adopted using interviews, focus groups,ethnographic observation, and written reports. Based on aprior stageofneeds analysis,we designed specialized courses using the research stages as am eans of empowering immigrants. We discuss our most importantr esults concerning the needs analysis and the implementation of the task-based approach. Résumé : L'article fait référence àd eux projets de portée nationale menés en Grècee nv ue de proposer des cours de grec langue seconde auxm igrants adultes. L'approche qualitative retenue ar eposé sur des entretiens, des groupes de discussion, une observation ethnographique et des rapports écrits. Après avoir analysél es besoins, nous avons élaboré des cours spécialisés utilisant les étapes de recherche pour faire participer les migrants. Nous examinons nos principaux résultats concernant l'analyse des besoins et la mise en oeuvre d'une approche par les tâches. 1I ntroduction: the projects' identity This paper reports on twon ationwide research projects (ELMEGO and MATH-EME) implemented by the Greek Languagea nd
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