Multilingual Practices – Online Linguistics Course
Learn about central aspects of multilingualism in today’s globalised societies, such as cognition and policies in this online course from University of Groningen.
Who is the course for?
This course is aimed at a wide range of people with an interest in multilingualism such as migrants, linguistics and language students, teachers, language policy makers, professionals who are working in a multilingual environment or parents, who are considering to raise their children multilingually.
It may also be an interesting addition for learners who participated in University of Southampton’s course on Understanding Language.
However, no prior knowledge is required to take part in the course and we welcome anyone who is curious to know more about multilingual practices.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…
Identify central aspects around societal and individual multilingualism
Evaluate the benefits of multilingualism of both minority and migrant speakers
Identify issues that arise when people who do not share the same languages meet
Critically evaluate multilingual language policies for both migrant and minority languages
Investigate multilingual practices
