Multilingualism and policy

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What role does multilingualism play in schools and other public institutions? And how is immigration and multilingualism policy shaped in Germany? These were the two featured questions asked at the international conference “50 Years Later: Immigration – Multilingualism – Education” in Dortmund in October.More ...

Excluding the numerous regional and minority dialects and languages in Europe, 23 languages are spoken in the European Union. But are our computers equipped to handle a multilingual Europe?More ...

Jürgen Trabant, a Romanist, talks about the significance of multilingualism for European culture.More ...

What languages are spoken in Germany? Apart from German, people think of such immigrant languages as Turkish or Italian as well as regional languages like Sorbish, Danish, or Friesian. But there is yet another language, spoken by around 200,000 people.More ...

A conversation with the former Israeli ambassador in Germany, Avi Primor, on multilingualism, learning foreign languages and languages one wished one could speak.More ...

Whereas right into the nineteen sixties foreign languages were largely a reserve of the educated, the rich and particular professions, today they are a component part of many people's everyday lives.More ...

In a competition conducted before an audience in Berlin, Ana-Maria Baracaldo showed, in the "Emotional Street Speaking" category, what individual multilingualism means. See and hear what it means not only to speak about multilingualism, but also to live it.More ...

An interview with Professor Dr. Gerhard Stickel, President of the European Federation of National Institutions for LanguageMore ...

Is science nowadays still multilingual, and what role does the German language play in science? We discussed this question with Felix Grigat, the editor in charge of the university and scientific journal Forschung & Lehre (i.e. Research & Teaching).More ...