Professional paper
PERSPECTIVE OF NEW EUROPEAN LANGUAGE POLICY New Multilingualism and Learning of Foreign Languages
Karmen Krajina
Abstract
In the society of total globalization and internationalization, model of multilingualism is not new model.
The factors of globalization and internationalization considerably contribute to its importance. The work
is dealing with the notion of multilingualism and learning of foreign languages as a part of language policy
respectively. We can examine the multilingual model on the European level as the basic value since the
structure of European integration processes particularly distinguished language and cultural variety of
the member countries. What to accentuate here is the importance of choice of an individual language and
access of learning of certain language in schools as well as the way and the volume of the offer. In Europe,
the multilingualism becomes a standard but to urge it in small countries does not mean to push out mother
tongue. On the contrary, it means to stop giving advantage to native speakers who speak the languages of
the large countries.
Cultural and language particularities of EU country members will be an important identification characteristic
meaning further on that multilingualism will become one of the features of the Europeans, similar to
countries like Switzerland, Belgium and Luxemburg. Thus, we can suppose that the importance of various
languages in Europe will become even more distinguished and that it will be a challenge to the contact
linguistics, notably to language policy. Besides, it is necessary to examine very carefully the plan of introduction
and order of learning foreign languages.
The conclusion within the structure of multilingual policy is to systematize with argument and plan the
Croatian language policy and to carry out the choice and order in learning certain foreign languages.
Keywords
multilingualism; language policy; learning foreign languages; globalization; internationalization
Hrčak ID:
42720
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Publication date:
10.12.2008.
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