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Thematic
Network Project in the Area of Languages I (TNP1)
The
Thematic Network Project in the Area of Languages was
launched in September 1996 and came to an end in August 1999.
In its third and final year it involved 123 partner organisations
- 115 universities and 8 academic and professional associations
- in the EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, the Czech Republic,
Hungary, and Romania. The project was structured into nine sub-projects,
each dedicated to a key issue from the large and complex area
of languages. These included
- transversal
issues, such as Multilingualism and the less widely
used and less taught languages, Intercultural communication,
New technologies and language learning, and Postgraduate
studies;
- issues
linked to specific professions, such as Language teacher
training, Translation and interpreting, including the training
of trainers, and the all-important issue of Language studies
for students of other disciplines;
- issues
linked to 'traditional' sub-disciplines, such as Dictionaries
and Testing.
The
principal aim of the Thematic Network Project in the Area
of Languages was to respond to the challenges posed to
Higher Education by a multilingual and multicultural Europe.
It did so by developing recommendations and proposals for
language and language-related programmes designed to meet
the demands in the professional, economic and social environments.
The idea was to encourage universities to implement the recommendations
and to support the proposals.
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