From linguistic diversity to plurilingual education. Guide for the development of language education policies in Europe. Main version,

Autor/in	Beacco, Jean-Claude
Institution	Council of Europe. Language Policy Division
Titel	From linguistic diversity to plurilingual education. Guide for the development of language education policies in Europe. Main version,
Quelle	Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2007), 116 S., 852 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bildungspolitik; Sprachunterricht; Quelle; Online; Europa
Abstract	This Guide for the Development of Language Education Policies in Europe is a response to the need to develop language policies on the basis of a coherent approach: clarifying principles and defining goals, analysing situations, identifying resources, expectations and needs, and the implementation and evaluation of these measures. The aim is to reduce the number of ad hoc decisions, often taken under the pressure of events, and promote a global concept for languages. It is important also that the language policies of European education systems be developed in the context of democratic debate and be implemented in such a way as to gain the acceptance of the social agents concerned, since any form of imposition, especially with respect to languages, is surely counterproductive. This document does not advocate any particular language education policy measure, but seeks to clarify the issues involved in these policies, identify the analyses that need to be conducted, and provide an inventory of ways of organising language teaching that comply with common European principles. These principles are already established since they have been set out in a large number of Council of Europe Recommendations and Conventions. This document seeks to clarify those principles through the successive formulations they have been given, and above all to explore their practical application. It will be demonstrated that these principles may be implemented through concerted action involving long-term investment on the basis of existing teaching practices and theory.
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien \| Georg-Eckert-Institut (GEI), Braunschweig
Update	2012/1