Designed for educators and facilitators, the PLURI online course introduces key ideas and practical approaches related to multilingualism in Europe.
It covers topics such as European language policy, linguistic diversity in Europe, the CEFR, language rights, language-based discrimination, plurilingualism, and translanguaging in educational practice. Practical topics explored include multilingual classroom strategies, language visibility in educational spaces, working with families and communities, and integrating multilingualism into everyday learning.
Short theoretical inputs are combined with examples and reflection tasks to help participants connect wider language policy questions with their own educational practice.
Course modules
Module 1 · Video · 17 min
From monolingual schooling to multilingual awareness
Why schools often assume one language – and what changes when they don’t.
Module 2 · Video · 15 min
Europe’s languages and EU language policy
An overview of linguistic diversity in Europe and of the EU’s language policy.
Module 3 · Video · 10 min
The Common European Framework of Reference
What the CEFR describes – and what it means for plurilingual learners.
Module 4 · Video · 11 min
Language rights and discrimination
How language becomes a basis for exclusion – and which rights speakers have.
Module 5 · Video · 17 min
Biographical sensitisation
Preparing students for multilingual learning by starting from their own language biographies.
Module 6 · Video · 24 min
Working with language visibility – Part 1
Making languages visible in schools and learning spaces.
Module 7 · Video · 22 min
Working with language visibility – Part 2
Practical examples for visible multilingualism in classrooms and learning spaces.
Module 8 · Video · 15 min
The Sprachspinat® concept
An introduction to the Sprachspinat® concept for multilingual groups.