This chapter draws upon the activity of one of the workpackages within the LINEE thematic
network (Workpackage 8), which was concerned to research evolving conceptions of …

Language is both a means and an end in educational systems. As a means to learning, it
manifests itself in countless, shifting modalities; while as an end or objective of learning, it is …

The present contribution investigates in how far the multilingualism perspective is likely to
bring about changes for teaching languages and hence for language teachers and teacher …

People have never been more internationally mobile. Nor has information spread so widely,
as communication technologies have brought groups from various language and cultural …

Nowadays and within the European integration process, multilingualism appears to be an
established field of policy-making. The appointment of Leonard Orban as the commissioner …

It is classic to try to account for the production activities of an intellectual, whatever his field of
activity, through his personal trajectory and his private life. Since Barthes, there has been a …

The multilingual turn in language education has been frequently referred to in recent
research. However, the meaning of 'multilingualism'is far from being unequivocally …

Alice Brychová The long standard practice of research on language teaching and learning
has always assumed that monolingualism was the norm. Nowadays more and more people …

In order to gain ground in the Europe of knowledge, we must make sure that pupils in all EU
countries receive the appropriate education and develop the right knowledge and skills …

The official rhetoric of the European Union (EU) describes the linguistic diversity by which it
is characterised as 'an asset for Europe and a shared commitment', while it also represents …