What is it about?
It gives factual details of some recent projects funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe; an extract from the a study of the recent history of the Council's work; and some documents on work currently carried out by the European Language Council.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
It brings readers up to date with things that are happening in the area of languages in the work of some European institutions and organisations. A taster so they can read the substantive reports available online.
Perspectives
In every issue of the journal, we have a section called 'Interventions' which reports on what is being said and done in the area of language policy, including summarising or reprinting particularly interesting documents. This issue give a particular focus to the Council of Europe, which is very active, for example in the linguistic integration of adult migrants (language tests for citizenship etc).
Michael Howard Kelly
University of Southampton
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Recent European Union initiatives in support for languages, European Journal of Language Policy, January 2015, Liverpool University Press,
DOI: 10.3828/ejlp.2015.6.
You can read the full text:
Resources
Les langues pour la démocratie et la cohésion sociale.
The (original) French version of the Council of Europe summary of its activities in language policy over 60 years.
L angu ag es for democracy and social cohesion
The English version of the Council of Europe summary of its activities in language policy over 60 years.
The linguistic integration of adult migrants
The Council of Europe's website devoted to the issue of languages and the integration of migrants.
European Language Council/ Conseil européen pour les langues
Homepage of the European Language Council, which hold details of its projects, working groups and other activities.
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
