Assignment 6: is the European Language Policy an Adequate Answer?

Rotterdam CS Babel Wall 2015 Unknown painter

Please dedicate your final blog to an aspect of the European Language Policies: is the European Language Policy an adequate answer? We discussed aspects of the European Language Policy (EU, European Council, etc.) throughout the After Babel course and more in particular in assignments 5, 8, 10, 11 & 12… What is your opinion: is the European Policy offering an adequate answer? Is it appropriate for the complexities of the coming decade(s)?

You are invited to refer to the concepts and discussions in the course literature (Orban, Phillipson, De Swaan, Grin, Wright, Skutnabb-Kangas, Trudgill… etc) but of course you can express your own opinion. How do you expect the linguistic situation in Europe to develop?

Make of this final blog entry (800-1000 words) an attractive short essay. Don’t forget one or more pictures! You can write in English but of course also in another language / or in more than one language…

Deadline: 2 June 2015

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