European Commission launches Language Competition!
Find out more on http://www.tonguestories.eu
Language Impairment in a Multilingual Society
This new research project involves Polish children. If you want to find out more, or take part in the study, please click HERE.
11th International Mother Tongue Day
Join us for the celebration of the 11th International Mother Tongue Day on Saturday 20th February 2010.
The event will take place in RUA RED from 10 to 1
We will show new projects,
provide information and advice for parents and practitioners
and run the following workshops:
How to set up a Language Playgroup
Raising children in a multilingual environment
Developing Multilingual Awareness at school
We hope to see you all there!
Below you can find information on the role of the Mother Tongue Day (from the UNESCO website)
Languages, with their complex implications for identity, communication, social integration, education and development, are of strategic importance for people and the planet. When languages fade, so does the world’s rich tapestry of cultural diversity. Opportunities, traditions, memory, unique modes of thinking and expression – valuable resources for ensuring a better future are also lost. In this context, it is urgent to take action to promote multilingualism, in other words to encourage the development of coherent regional and national language policies which give the opportunity for an appropriate and harmonious use of languages in a given community and country. Such policies promote measures allowing each speaker community to use its mother tongue in private and public domains of language use and enabling the speakers to learn and use additional languages: local, national and international. Mother-tongue speakers of national or international languages should be encouraged to learn and use other languages of the country and regional and international languages.
The event will take place in RUA RED from 10 to 1
We will show new projects,
provide information and advice for parents and practitioners
and run the following workshops:
How to set up a Language Playgroup
Raising children in a multilingual environment
Developing Multilingual Awareness at school
We hope to see you all there!
Below you can find information on the role of the Mother Tongue Day (from the UNESCO website)
Languages, with their complex implications for identity, communication, social integration, education and development, are of strategic importance for people and the planet. When languages fade, so does the world’s rich tapestry of cultural diversity. Opportunities, traditions, memory, unique modes of thinking and expression – valuable resources for ensuring a better future are also lost. In this context, it is urgent to take action to promote multilingualism, in other words to encourage the development of coherent regional and national language policies which give the opportunity for an appropriate and harmonious use of languages in a given community and country. Such policies promote measures allowing each speaker community to use its mother tongue in private and public domains of language use and enabling the speakers to learn and use additional languages: local, national and international. Mother-tongue speakers of national or international languages should be encouraged to learn and use other languages of the country and regional and international languages.
NEWS
November 2009
BFI joins the Piccolingo Campaign for Early Foreign Language Learning
(click on the logo for more info)
BFI joins the Piccolingo Campaign for Early Foreign Language Learning
(click on the logo for more info)
