Multilingualism today European Day of Languages

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according european union survey europeans , languages ( special eurobarometer 243 , february 2006), 56% of eu citizens (25 member states) speak language other mother tongue, 44% admit not knowing languages other native language. however, 28% have knowledge of 2 foreign languages. among eu citizens, 38% indicate know english, followed 14% knowing french or german, 7% russian, 5% spanish , 3% italian. typical multilingual european student or holding managerial position or born in country language of his/her parents different main language of country.


with greater numbers of immigrants , refugees, european cities have become more multilingual. example: in moscow , saint petersburg many recent immigrants speak ukrainian, moldovan, armenian, tatar, azeri, tajik, chinese or 1 of many other languages; in london 300 languages spoken (english, french, chinese, polish, russian, spanish, portuguese, arabic, bengali, turkish, kurdish, berber, hindi, urdu, punjabi etc.).


the european union adheres policy of multilingualism, both in institutional workings , aim citizens. @ 2002 eu summit in barcelona, set target children learn @ least 2 foreign languages age. multilingualism eu linked worker mobility , european economy. european union spends more €30 million year promoting language learning , linguistic diversity through socrates , leonardo da vinci programmes, policy began pioneering lingua programme in 1990.








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