The course aims to shed light on language policy, a number of multilingual policies worldwide and multilingualism as the EU language policy.
Participants will learn how how these reflect broader values in society, in Europe and also more widely.
They will also consider the value of people speaking a range of languages, and also the challenges that this poses for education system, looking at examples in a number of countries.
They will get be able to understand multilingual societies throughout the world as well as historically; to discuss the benefits and challenges of Multilingualism and to understand the different aspects of multilingual policy, and of language policy and planning as well as to realise how policy on language is developed and implemented.
EU Language Policies
University: Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
ECTS: 5
Language: English
Course tutor: Prof. Dr. Maria Stoicheva/Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nikolina Tsvetkova
Modality: online
Format: Online (with a synchronous and asynchronous elements)
Semester: Spring
Workload: 30
Assessment: The course is divided in 5 units, each finishing with a self-test and submission of a short writen assignment.
There is a final test; presentaion of a project on a theme discussed during the course and a final class discussion
PhD Track the course is part of: European Identity. European Culture. European cultural Policies/Multilingualism. Educational and Language Policies
Pre-enrolment requirements: N/A
How to apply: Submission of a letter of motivation (up to 300 words) endorsed by the supervisor
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