PLURI (Plurilingualism for Better Education, Cohesion and Linguistic Diversity) is a two-year European project co-funded by the European Union. It explores how multilingualism can become a more visible and natural part of education and everyday community life. Many people use more than…
Read moreLanguage is much more than just a tool for exchanging information. It is connected to family, memory, a sense of belonging, education, identity, and how we participate in society. Europe is highly multilingual. Alongside national and regional languages, people use hundreds of…
Read morePLURI combines digital tools, art-based methods, participatory research and practical, community-based work to promote positive perceptions of language diversity. A key element of our approach is participatory action research. This means that educators, families, students, researchers and community organisations are not merely…
Read morePLURI is a two-year project based on the principle that meaningful change is more likely to happen when those affected by an issue are involved in developing the response. This is why our activities are interconnected. For example, a question may arise…
Read morePLURI brings together people from research, education, the arts and community-based practice. Our collaboration grew out of an earlier Erasmus+ project, LangWork, and a shared interest in making linguistic diversity more visible in education and public life. The project is built on…
Read moreExploring multilingualism through artistic practice – with words, images, sounds and materials.
Go to pageRecommendations for educational practice, institutions and policymakers – drawn from research and practice.
Go to pageHow the Language Station grew – through exchanges with practitioners, artists and researchers and experiments with different groups.
Go to pageDuring PLURI scientific seminars the team connects with researchers working on topics related to multilingualism, translanguaging and education to exchange knowledge and discuss questions emerging from the project. PLURI creates a space to connect current research with experiences and insights from PLURI’s practical activities.
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An evening of the Language Discussion Club at the multilingual children’s bookshop Mundo Azul in Berlin: stories were told in several languages at once, with gestures, objects and picture books. (Placeholder – project description: what was done, where it took place and with whom.)
