ICC – Annual Conference
Transforming Language Education is the title of ICC's 2024 conference, to be held in Athens, Greece 19-21 April. Please visit the ICC webpage for more information.
EUROLTA Teacher Training – Starting on 16 March
EUROLTA (European Certificate in Language Teaching to Adults) is an internationally recognized teacher training program for languages teachers to adults. The EUROLTA certificate is developed, issued and recognised by the ICC, a network of leading institutions of adult education in Europe ...
Digital Language Equality for a Multilingual Europe – META-FORUM
27 June 2023 – Brussels, Belgium META-FORUM is the international conference series on powerful and innovative Language Technologies for the multilingual information society. It is the place to be to find out more about the most recent developments and achievements in European ...
In Memoriam
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, a member of the Multilingualism Expert group of ECSPM, passed on 29 May 2023, leaving behind a great legacy for the global linguistics community. To quote Francis Hult, also linked to the ECSPM, “With her death we lose ...
English, French or German can no longer be described as EU’s main working languages
The European Commission cannot restrict the choice of a second language to English, German or French in its recruitment process, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on 16 February 2023. To get certain jobs in EU bodies, ...
Today we celebrate international mother language day
The 24th year of the International Mother Language Day focuses on the theme ‘multilingual education - a necessity to transform education’. Multilingual education based on mother-tongue facilitates access to and inclusion in learning for population groups that speak non-dominant languages, ...
Linguistic mediation in higher education
As of January 2023, the ECSPM will be involved, as a coordinating institution, in a case study on linguistic mediation in higher education (Etude de cas sur la médiation linguistique dans l’enseignement supérieur). It will be carried out in the ...
In celebration of the European Day of Languages
Like every year, on September 26, the ECSPM celebrates the European day of Languages (EDL). Here are our statements about languages and the importance of multi-/plurilingualism. Le barriere linguistiche creano ostacoli ai nostri sforzi negli scambi comunicativi, alla possibilità di ...
Colloque du CCERBAL 2023
Bilinguisme et Multilinguisme: Compétences transversales, mobilité et bien-être, 4-6 mai 2023 Format du Colloque: des options de participation en personne et en ligne seront disponibles Séances Plénièrs: Sunny Man Chu Lau (Bishop's University) Peter MacIntyre (Cape Breton University) Caroline Payant ...
CCERBAL 2023 Conference
Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Transversal Competences, Mobility, and Well-Being, May 4-6, 2023 Conference Format: Options to participate both in person and online will be available PLENARY SPEAKERS: Sunny Man Chu Lau (Bishop's University) Peter MacIntyre (Cape Breton University) Caroline Payant (Université ...