EAN: 9789052019956

MULTILINGUALISM IN EUROPE KARTONIERT (TB)

The important question of how to bring the European Union closer to its citizens is bound up
with the issue of how individuals  groups and nation states express and assert identity  with
one of the fundamental challenges how to approach and deal with multilingual communication.
This study assesses language use in a multilingual trans-European speech community. It examines
language learning at school  university and elsewhere  languages spoken at home and in the
workplace  and speakers' attitudes towards language learning and future linguistic solutions in
Europe. The speech community selected for the case study are graduates of the College of Europe
a postgraduate institution of European Studies. Amongst other questions  this publication asks
why these particular speakers are multilingual  and whether a two-tier Europe is developing in
terms of foreign language skills. Using the case study as a point of departure for further
discussion  the author explores how a balance may be achieved between managing effective
communication between speakers  whilst maintaining the right of the individuals to use their
own mother tongue.

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