The
publication of the seventh bulletin is timed to coincide with the ELC conference
on Multilingualism and New Learning Environments, a major event in the European
Year of Languages 2001. For this reason it was decided to introduce the first
issue of the bulletin devoted to a single theme, and to focus on the topic of
language policy in Europe. We are fortunate that, despite their heavy workloads,
representatives of the leading European organisations in the area of language
policy have agreed to provide articles for this issue, providing information on
their current activities. Paul Holdsworth gives an account of the aims and the
activities of the European Commission's Language Policy Unit, which is part of
the Directorate General for Education and Culture, while Joseph Shiels's article
gives up to date information on progress in the work of the Council of Europe's
Modern Languages Project. Anne-Claude Berthoud's article provides a summary of
the activities of the ELC Task Force on European Language Policy, which aimed
to provide a framework for the development of language policies in higher education
institutions in Europe. Finally Claude Truchot tackles the issue of language in
business, proposing an analytical framework. In addition to an update on progress
in a European project, MALTED, the News in Brief section includes information
on several projects which were accepted for funding in the first round of applications
to the European Commission as part of the European Year of Languages 2001. As
the ELC focuses on languages in higher education, the information concerns projects
involving higher education institutions.
The Publications Committee welcomes
contributions to future issues, either in the form of 1000 word articles on
ELC projects or issues of importance in language learning and teaching at European
level, or in the form of brief information or progress reports on activities
involving European co-operation in language studies which will be of interest
to readers.
Information for inclusion in
future editions should be sent to:
Sietze Looijenga
European Language Council/Conseil européen pour les langues
Freie Universität Berlin
ZE Sprachlabor
Habelschwerdter Allee 45
D-14195 Berlin
tel.:+49-30-838.53718
fax: +49-30-838.53717
email: elc@zedat.fu-berlin.de
WWW: http://www.fu-berlin/elc
Members of the ELC Publications
Committee
Angela Chambers, University of
Limerick, IE
Dolorès Ditner, University College London, UK
Mike Grenfell, University of Southampton, UK
Daniel Toudic, Université de Haute-Bretagne, Rennes II, FR.
ELC Information
Bulletin 7
- April 2001