Multilingualism

Work Group 2

Topics discussed:

• Institutional language policy & problems

• Student exchanges

• Internationalisation at home

• Early language training – „immersion classes”

• Examples from: BE, ES , GR, IT, LT, PL, UK

Keywords:

• attitudes

• motivation

Problems:

• Top-down language policy vs. bottom-up stimulation of students’ interests

• Dominant role of English

• „Open” and „closed” people/communities

• Language preparation for exchanges– home institution (preferred)– host institution (if no possibilities at home

institution)

Recommendations

• Necessity of institutional language policy– To work on attitudes– Involvement of students associations,

incoming mobility students…– To get faculty members on our side– Intelligent and accessible information

• Money important

• To re-think Bologna process