![]() ![]() Pourquoi donc une nouvelle bataille pour une langue supra nationale en Europe,Įn effet in suffit de prendre en main le livre de Jean-Jacques RENOLLIET, intitulé : L’UNESCO oubliée, sous titré La Société des Nations et la coopération intellectuelle ( 1919-1946 ) aux presses de la Sorbonne.ĭans ce livre vous découvrirez les démarches de nombreux intellectuels associés, parmi lesquels nous trouvons Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, les plus connus pour nous mais combien d’autres faisant partie de l’Institut International de Coopération Intellectuelle ( IICI ) ![]() IMAGE CREDITS: CC / Flickr – César Viteri Ramirez Should learning English as a foreign language be mandatory for all students in the European Union? Would having English as the official “common language of Europe” give a boost to the EU’s economy and sense of unity? Let us know your thoughts and comments in the form below, and we’ll take them to policy-makers and experts for their reactions. We put this comment to Patricia Ryan, a language teacher at Zayed University in Dubai who has given a TED talk looking at whether the world’s focus on English might be preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages. ![]() We also had a comment sent in from Pedro, who argued that we should be “honest” and admit that “the English language will dominate the world in the years to come, if it doesn’t already.” He argued that it should be mandatory for all students in the European Union to learn English as a foreign language at school. How would she respond?Ĭhristos wasn’t alone in his suggestion. We recently put Christos’ suggestion to Androulla Vassiliou, the former EU Commissioner for Multilingualism. Hungary may not have been the best example, as that is the EU country where the greatest number of people (65%) admit to not speaking any foreign languages at all. Christos believes that this approach would help boost Europe’s economy and sense of unity, because it would make it easier for workers to travel and work anywhere in the Union:įor example, if I as a Greek want to move to Hungary and I do not speak Hungarian, I could move there by just speaking English and get a job anywhere… He argued that English should be made the official language of the EU, so that everybody learns it next to their native tongue. One of our Greek readers, Christos, sent us in a comment arguing that – whether people like it or not – English is the “emerging language of Europe”. ![]()
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