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September 26, 2010: “Mammoth languages”, or how to include linguistic diversity in the French education system – discussion at the “Maison d’Europe et d’Orient, Paris.
The reputation of the French being somewhat inconstant when it comes to learning languages is no secret. One might even remember a few years back when a Minister of Education referred to teachers as… mammoths!
With a clear hint to mammoth detractors, the « Maison d’Europe et d’Orient » is organizing a discussion on the space given to languages at school, on September 26, within the Week of foreign cultures held in Paris from September 24 to October 3, 2010.
The discussion will focus on foreign languages and the way they’re being taught in the French education system. Virginie Symaniec, expert on cultural and linguistic issues in Belarus, has invites eminent figures of the language teaching sphere, among which Alain Wallon, responsible for linguistic matters at the European Commission, and Christian Tremblay, President of the European Observatory for Multilingualism.
The chances are this discussion will show that the difficulty of learning languages is not inevitable… and that efficient methods do exist to spread multilingualism: more than ever, a rich objective to fulfill in a globalized world.
Free admission
September 26, 2010 at 3pm
Maison d’Europe et d’Orient
3 passage Hennel
75012 Paris
For more information:
« Maison d’Europe et d’Orient » website
Interview with Christian Tremblay
