French Online Resources

Here you can find a list of online resources to acquire and learn French. The first section is for children and the second for teenagers and adults. If you can recommend an online resource for French, please leave a comment here below: I’ll be happy to add it to the list! – Merci beaucoup à […]

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International Day of Multilingualism: 27 March

Together with a group of other linguists and language enthusiasts,  we propose the 27th March as the International Day of Multilingualism. This is the day we want to embrace the variety of languages that we all hear, speak, read and write to different extents on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. Because more than half of […]

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International Mother Language Day

The 21rst of February is the day all those who are involved in multilingualism, whether personally or professionally, share ways on how to support “mother languages” in their community. I personally would rather prefer the term of “home languages” as it includes the father-language and all other languages that are fostered at home. 

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Language acquisition versus language learning

  What is the difference between language acquisition and language learning.   Some people use the term of language acquisition for all the phases that lead to language fluency, including learning to read and write. Others use the term of language learning even for babies and very young, pre-school children. – But there is a […]

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