News about the languages

Esta página contiene las últimas actualidades relativas a las lenguas en Europa: acontecimientos, publicaciones sobre las investigaciones en lingüística y sobre la enseñanza de las lenguas maternas y extranjeras, posiciones europeas, etc.

ELDIA project - European language diversity for all

14/06/2011

ELDIA (European Language Diversity for All) is an interdisciplinary research project for reconceptualizing, promoting and re-evaluating individual and societal multilingualism. It will be running until 2013. Experts on applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, law, social studies and statistics, drawn from eight universities in six European countries, work together to contribute to a better understanding of how local, “national” and “international” (vehicular) languages interact in contemporary Europe.

Current projects of the NPLD network

14/06/2011

The NPLD aims to bring together partners with common interest to impart information, share best practices and develop projects under thematic areas which will promote language development and linguistic diversity across its linguistic communities.

CELAN – Promoting Languages for Business

22/02/2011

CELAN, the "Network for the Promotion of Language Strategies for Competitiveness and Employability", has just started its two-year work to encourage dialogue between the business community and language practitioners.

Apply for a Tele-Tandem 2011 grant!

09/06/2011 - 30/09/2011

In order to support the realization of a Tele-Tandem project and to stimulate the best productions, the OFAJ-DFJW gives each year ten grants to the most interesting projects. Applications should be submitted by 30 September 2011.

Erasmus Record number of students receive EU grants for study and training abroad

09/06/2011

More than 213 000 students received Erasmus grants to study or train abroad during the 2009-10 academic year - a new record and a 7.4% increase on the previous year's figure. Erasmus, created in 1987, is the world's most successful student exchange programme. The EU invested € 415 million in it in 2009-10.

SemLang conference results

07/06/2011

On the basis of the lectures held during the SemLang Summer University organised in 2009, the participating experts have now published a series of articles about "Education and professional development of language teachers in Europe", which are available in the online journal ForumSprache.

10 Steps to Becoming Fluent in a Language

31/05/2011

Felicia Wong has listed "10 Steps to Becoming Fluent in a Language in 6 Months or Less" on the Matador network website. Have you tried any of them? Do they work? Let us know.

Tongue stories: 31 countries – 31 finalists – 3 European Champions

31/05/2011

You can now read or watch the winning stories on the Tongue stories website. Contestant from all over Europe have revealed their best language experiences.

Internet users prefer websites in their own language, how is it with teachers?

31/05/2011

A survey about the habits of Internet users shows that 9 in 10 users prefer to visit a website in their own language. Is the reason for this a lack of language skills, a cultural question or something else?

'More learner mobility needed to support multilingualism' - results of consultation on future European education programmes

31/05/2011

The European Commission has just published the results of public consultations on the future European programme in education and training from 2014. Between September and November 2010, anyone interested was invited to give their opinions on the design of the funding programmes under the next multiannual budget of the European Union.

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