Language Rich Europe Conclusions and Future Perspectives

This closing report was commissioned by the British Council to provide an overview of the European and local recommendations that came out of LRE and in the likelihood that new opportunities can be found for the further development of what has already been achieved

LRE Conclusions and Future Perspectives

Language Rich Europe Recommendations

The Language Rich Europe (LRE) consortium, co-funded by the European Commission and the British Council, calls on European institutions and member state governments to initiate new policies to support immigrant language teaching, revise trilingual learning, and use the particular position of English to promote and support multi/plurilingualism. This would help to develop a truly multilingual Europe and in turn ensure economic competitiveness while building more inclusive societies. You can download the recommendations here.

Language Rich Europe Publications available to download

The first research stage, captured in this Cambridge University Press publication, offers a platform for the creation of networks and partnerships among language policy makers and practitioners in Europe. More language versions coming soon!

English – Language Rich Europe – Trends in Policies and Practices for Multilingualism in Europe
Arabic – أوروبا الغنية بلغاتها توجهات في السياسات والممارسات من أجل التعددية اللغوية في أوروبا
Bulgarian – Европейско езиково богатство – Tенденции в политиките за многоезичие в Европа
Catalan – LRE – Tendències de les polítiques relatives al multilingüisme a Europa
Dutch – Language Rich Europe – Trends in beleid en praktijk voor meertaligheid in Europa
Estonian – Keelterikas Euroopa. Mitmekeelsuspoliitika ja -tavad
French – L’Europe riche de ses langues – Tendances des politiques et pratiques du plurilinguisme en Europe
Frisian – LRE – Trends yn belied en praktyk foar meartaligens yn Europa
German – LRE – Trends in Politik und Praxis für Mehrsprachigkeit in Europa
Greek – LRE – Οι τάσεις στις πολιτικές και της πρακτικές για την πολυγλωσσία στην Ευρώπη
Hungarian – LRE – A többnyelvűségi politikák trendjei Európában
Italian – Language Rich Europe – Tendenze nelle politiche e nelle pratiche per il multilinguismo in Europa
Lithuanian – Europas kalbu Lobynas – Daugiakalbystes Politikos ir Praktikos Tendencijos Europoje
Polish – Europa Bogata Językami – Trendy w polityce dotyczącej wielojęzyczności
Portuguese – Tendências e políticas para o multilinguismo na Europa
Romanian – Tendinţe în domeniul politicilor de multilingvism în Europa
Spanish – Lenguas Riqueza de Europa: Tendencias en las políticas y prácticas para el Multilingüismo en Europa
Turkish – Dil Zengini Avrupa – Avrupa’da çokdilli politika ve uygulama eğilimleri
Welsh – Ewrop Gyfoethog ei Hieithoedd – Tueddiadau mewn polisïau ar gyfer amlieithrwydd yn Ewrop
Ukrainian – Багатомовна Європа – Тенденції у політиці і практиці мультилінгвізму в Європі
Towards a Language Rich Europe – Multilingual essays on language policies and practices LRE multilingual book of essays.
Language Rich Europe – Quotes and promising initiatives

Language Rich Europe profile booklets

Austria – Language Rich Europe – Trends in Politik und Praxis fuer Mehrsprachigkeit in Europa
Bulgaria – Европейско езиково богатство – Tенденции в политиките за многоезичие в Европа
Estonia – Keelterikas Euroopa – Mitmekeelsuspolitika Ja -Tavad Euroopas
France – L’Europe Riche de ses Languages – Tendances des Politiques et des Pratiques du Plurilinguisme en Europe
Germany – Language Rich Europe – Trends in Politik und Praxis für Mehrsprachigkeit in Europa
Greece – LRE – Οι τάσεις των πολιτικών πολυγλωσσίας στην Ευρώπη
Hungary – LRE – A többnyelvűségi politikák trendjei Európában
Italy – Language Rich Europe – Tendenze nelle politiche e nelle pratiche per il multilinguismo in Europa
Lithuania – Europos kalbų lobynas – daugiakalbystės politikos ir praktikos tendencijos Europoje
Netherlands (Dutch) – Language Rich Europe – Trends in beleid en praktijk voor meertaligheid in Europa
Poland – Europa Bogata Językami – Trendy w polityce dotyczącej wielojęzyczności
Portugal – LRE – Tendências e políticas para o multilinguismo na Europa
Romania – Tendinţe în domeniul politicilor de multilingvism în Europa
Spain (Catalan) – LRE – Tendències de les polítiques relatives al multilingüisme a Europa
Spain (Spanish) – Lenguas Riqueza de Europa: Tendencias en las políticas y prácticas para el Multilingüismo en Europa
United Kingdom (English) – Language Rich Europe – Trends in Policies and Practices for Multilingualism in Europe

Language Rich Europe multimedia

MEP Martinez Martinz explains why multilingualism is important and why he supports Language Rich Europe (Spanish, English and French)
Interview on North by Southwest radio programme with Nicolas Jackson dedicated to Language Rich Europe which was broadcast on Radio Exterior (Spanish World Service), Monday 16 July 2012.
Conference video on Language Policies in France, with a presentation by Louis-Jean Calvet.
Language Rich Europe Director (until August 2012), Martin Hope speaks to LRE sponsor Rosetta Stone on Language Learning and Teaching

Language Rich Europe framework for language policies and practice

The LRE framework in the form of questionnaires is intended as a practical tool for self-evaluation, for awareness-raising and for motivating key stakeholders to take action. It is envisaged that the results of the research will trigger follow-up case studies which will yield complementary perspectives and data. It is based primarily on EU and Council of Europe conventions, resolutions and recommendations.

These questionnaires have been established in the context of the Language Rich Europe project, co-funded by the British Council and the European Commission under its Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP). Due to this public funding, the resource is available via open acess for any further exploitation. Those who would like to do so are requested to make the following references in any anticipated publications:

Reference to the co-funding by the British Council and the European Commission under its Lifelong Learning Programme
Reference to the publication Language Rich Europe: Trends in Policies and Practices for Multilingualism in Europe edited by Guus Extra and Kutlay Yağmur
LRE facilitates self-evaluation in language policies and practices in the following language domains:

Offical documents and databases
Pre-primary education
Primary education
Secondary education
Further and Higher education
Audiovisual media and press
Public services and spaces
Business
You can view the profiles of the countries and regions which have participated in the data collection on our Country Profiles page.

Language Rich Europe Annual Reports

Annual Report 1: Launch Reports
Annual Report 2: Workshop Reports
Annual Report 3: Local Recommendations

Language Rich Europe Evaluation Reports

Internal Evaluation
External Evaluation