Community Languages in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities

J. McPake; W. Martyniuk; R. Aarts; Peter Broeder; Sirkku Latomaa; Laura Mijares; Teresa Tinsley

Community Languages in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities

J. McPake, W. Martyniuk, R. Aarts, Peter Broeder, Sirkku Latomaa, Laura Mijares, Teresa Tinsley

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This paper reviews issues affecting school students’ learning of community languages across Europe, with the aim of identifying both challenges and opportunities inherent in the current context. Language education pol
icy has become more inclusive of late, addressing the full range of languages rather than ‘foreign’ language s alone, and offering opportunities for the mainstreaming of community language provision. However, most provision currently reflects earlier policies which tended to marginalise community
languages, and it is likely that much work needs to be done to overcome some of the barriers to effective provision which these earlier policies created. The paper reflects early thinking about these issues from the VALEUR project team, funded by the European Centre for Modern Languages to map current provision and investigate outcomes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	An international conference on Language and the future of Europe
Subtitle of host publication	ideologies, policies and practices
Publisher	University of Southampton
Pages	1-17
Number of pages	17
Publication status	Published - 2004
Event	An international conference on Language and the future of Europe: ideologies, policies and practices - Southampton, United Kingdom Duration: 8 Jul 2004 → 10 Jul 2004

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Conference	An international conference on Language and the future of Europe: ideologies, policies and practices
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Southampton
Period	8/07/04 → 10/07/04

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McPake, J, Martyniuk, W, Aarts, R, Broeder, P, Latomaa, S, Mijares, L & Tinsley, T 2004, Community Languages in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities. in An international conference on Language and the future of Europe : ideologies, policies and practices. University of Southampton, pp. 1-17, An international conference on Language and the future of Europe: ideologies, policies and practices, Southampton, United Kingdom, 8/07/04.

Community Languages in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities. / McPake, J.; Martyniuk, W.; Aarts, R. et al.
An international conference on Language and the future of Europe : ideologies, policies and practices. University of Southampton, 2004. p. 1-17.

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