* Bilingualism and multilingualism * Why study languages? http://www.ucc.ie/en/sllc/ * "Speaking a second language may change how you see the world": http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2015/03/speaking-second-language-may-change-how-you-see-world * Language development and bilingualism in children and adults: http://www.bilingualism-matters.org.uk/ * International Association of Multilingualism: http://www.iam.wildapricot.org/ * Multilingual living: http://www.multilingualliving.com/ * Involving parents in plurilingual and intercultural education: http://parents.ecml.at/en-us * "Variety makes you (mentally) fit" (The Economist): http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2014/10/johnson-bilingual-brains?fsrc=email_to_a_friend * The LUCIDE Toolkits have been produced drawing from the research in the LUCIDE City Reports and more widely in the project, to give some good ideas, guidance and examples of best practice for people who are implicated in different walks of life and who are thinking of how mulilingualism can make a positive contribution to them: http://www.urbanlanguages.eu/toolkits * 'Learning a language is never a waste of time': http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/11242045/Learning-a-language-is-never-a-waste-of-time.html * Making language immersion fun for the kids: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/travel/making-language-immersion-fun-for-the-kids.html?emc=edit_tnt_20141227&nlid=66446847&tntemail0=y * Discusses the lack of CPD for language teachers: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/to-be-honest-the-lack-of-continuous-professional-development-is-a-major-problem-according-to-a-language-teacher-1.1651233 * "Raising the profile of language learning in Ireland": http://gradireland.wordpress.com/?s=language * Is learning a foreign language really worth it? http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2014/03/language-study * "Lack of languages stifles Brits and Americans" (The Guardian): http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jul/08/lack-of-languages-stifles-brits-americans * "University role 'crucial' for languages recovery" (Times Higher Education): http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/university-role-crucial-for-languages-recovery/2014480.article * Thinking of a career with languages?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_qJHte60ic * "Higher education bosses want more Irish students to spend time studying abroad" (Irish Independent): http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/first-it-was-points-now-irish-students-need-passports-30718637.html * Bilingualism: Consequences for Mind and Brain (Bialystok, E., Craik, F. I. M. & Luk, G. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, April 2012, Vol. 16, No. 4). * "Do you see what I see? Children exposed to several languages are better at seeing through others' eyes" (The Economist. May 30, 2015): http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21652258-children-exposed-several-languages-are-better-seeing-through-others-eyes-do * "Plurilingualism - why we're so bad at picking up more languages" (Irish Times. Saturday, November 7, 2015) |
The benefits and challenges of investing in multilingualism (Prof. A. Sorace,
Univ. of Edinburgh) |
