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Communication competences for migrants and disadvantaged background learners in bilingual work environments
Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,
In bilingual or multilingual countries where several languages coexist, it is usual to use (one of) the local language in some labor sectors. In such cases, people who do not speak the local language can encounter a barrier to enter the labor market: they either remain outside the regulated labor market, or, even though they are integrated into the labor market, they have difficulty to maintain a...
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Teaching in Diversity
Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2018,
Respect for and tolerance to diversity are fundamental European values. Nevertheless, the recent economic and financial crisis reinforced significantly the negative attitudes towards the „others“ that the increased mobility evoked after the EU Enlargement. Nowadays, the flow of refugees has fueled into the existing hostility towards people with different cultural background. Diversity has become a...
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Language Rich Europe
Start date: Nov 1, 2010,
Member States may have responded to increased mobility and migration by prioritising social inclusion and intercultural dialogue but this is not always supported by language policies and practices which promote linguistic diversity and language learning. European multilingualism policy has provided guidance but take up has been uneven, policy cooperation has proved challenging, and knowledge shari...
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Multilingual Early Language Transmission
Start date: Nov 1, 2009,
The Project answers to a specific need observed in many EU regions: Bilingual education of children is not supported enough at preschool level. It lacks efficient methodology or simply awareness, in particular regarding Less Widely Thaught Languages (LWTL). The project aims to fostering multilingualism among kids. It is both about safeguarding LWTL and giving language learning chances to unilingua...
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European Universities Network on Multilingualism
Start date: Nov 1, 2009,
The project studies the issue of linguistic diversity in the context of the Lisbon goals of achieving a competitive, dynamic, knowledge-based economy. Political, economic and social changes call for a new relationship between universities, social actors and linguistic diversity; and HE departments need to overcome compartmentalization, and build a framework drawing on the joint expertise to work t...
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