Contiguous or Border Languages and Their Teaching in Europe

Abstract

Contiguous or border languages have a complex nature and still lack a scientific and shared definition.Numerous documents, recommendations, and frameworks encourage European border areas -which represent 40 of the territory in the Union and concern 30 of the European population -to introduce or enhance the teaching of neighbouring languages from nursery school through to university.This article will provide a reflection on the difficulty of building an overview of teaching neighbouring languages in European countries.It will also present a few successful cross-border neighbouring languages teaching projects and conclude by asserting the importance and urgency of beginning a scientific debate on the denomination of border languages and on national and European linguistic policies.

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