Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Language Rich Europe

Language Rich Europe DOI 10.1515/eujal-2013-0009 EuJAL 2013; 1(1): 174­178 Research Projects for Europe Guus Extra Guus Extra: Tilburg University, E-mail: guus.extra@uvt.nl What is Language Rich Europe? Language Rich Europe (LRE) is a project, co-financed by the British Council and the European Commission, which promotes knowledge sharing about good policy and practice in language learning and teaching across Europe, and encourages Europeans to learn more languages at all stages of their lives. It is a networking project which brings together over 1,200 policy makers and practitioners from 24 countries and regions to discuss and develop better policies and practices for multilingualism. Network members are drawn from the fields of education, business, public services and the media. What does it do? LRE provides a commentary on language policies and practices in participating countries and regions while giving stakeholders the opportunity to get together to share good practice. ­ Research and Analysis: Through our network of experts and partners we have conducted an analysis of language policies and practices in Europe, comparing them against selected European Commission and Council of Europe recommendations. The results of this research are currently being published as drafts for consultation at regional, country and European level. ­ Consultation: With http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Applied Linguistics de Gruyter

Language Rich Europe

Extra, Guus
European Journal of Applied Linguistics , Volume 1 (1) – Jun 1, 2013
Download PDF
5 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/de-gruyter/language-rich-europe-APu1isbdfX

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
Copyright © 2013 by the
ISSN
2192-9521
eISSN
2192-953X
DOI
10.1515/eujal-2013-0009
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

DOI 10.1515/eujal-2013-0009 EuJAL 2013; 1(1): 174­178 Research Projects for Europe Guus Extra Guus Extra: Tilburg University, E-mail: guus.extra@uvt.nl What is Language Rich Europe? Language Rich Europe (LRE) is a project, co-financed by the British Council and the European Commission, which promotes knowledge sharing about good policy and practice in language learning and teaching across Europe, and encourages Europeans to learn more languages at all stages of their lives. It is a networking project which brings together over 1,200 policy makers and practitioners from 24 countries and regions to discuss and develop better policies and practices for multilingualism. Network members are drawn from the fields of education, business, public services and the media. What does it do? LRE provides a commentary on language policies and practices in participating countries and regions while giving stakeholders the opportunity to get together to share good practice. ­ Research and Analysis: Through our network of experts and partners we have conducted an analysis of language policies and practices in Europe, comparing them against selected European Commission and Council of Europe recommendations. The results of this research are currently being published as drafts for consultation at regional, country and European level. ­ Consultation: With

Journal

European Journal of Applied Linguistics – de Gruyter

Published: Jun 1, 2013

There are no references for this article.