A few weeks back I uploaded some information on the upcoming round of WorkGroup Meetings as part of the COST EU Action on “New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe“. The meetings which will be held at Heriot-Watt between 6-7 March 2014. The project involves researchers from some 17 European countries. In the project we are interested in finding […]
Month: January 2014
Do "new speakers" of English in the UK face exclusion?
Just before Christmas the UK government announced that migrants will only be able to claim benefits if they pass a series of tough new tests. One of these includes a check on their fluency in English. These tests are now to be done without the assistance of a translator or interpreter. There are also talks of […]
New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe: 1st Round of Workgroup Meetings
EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COST Action IS1306: New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe: Opportunities and Challenges 1st Round of Workgroup Meetings Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 6-7 March 2014 OPEN CALL YOU ARE INVITED TO the 1st Round of Working Group Meetings of the “New Speakers” network which will take place in Edinburgh in […]
New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe
The recent resignation of the Irish-language commissioner in Ireland, Seán Ó Cuirreáin, featured strongly in the Irish media just before Christmas. Irish is the official language of the Republic of Ireland. It is one of the only minority languages in Europe and perhaps in the world to have this level of official status. However, despite this apparent protection […]