At the end of the course, you can
- identify and interpret the most important current scientific issues relating to the theme of the minor
- critically reflect on the concepts, theories and methods used in academic research on the theme of the minor and identify and explain the differences between the approaches of different disciplines within the humanities
- evaluate the implications of research findings for education, policy and society more generally, and be able to generate ideas for research based on the reality of multilingual individuals and society
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In your minor, you will use your knowledge and skills to research key contemporary issues raised in the Dutch National Research Agenda. This theme course is an introduction to the theme of the minor with the aim of laying a theoretical foundation, which you will then use in the Academia and Society course and the think tank.
The EU is characterized by linguistic diversity and actively adopts a multilingual policy at all levels of society. EU citizens are expected to develop proficiency in two languages in addition to their first, minority languages are actively supported, and a plurilingual approach to communication in education and at work is encouraged. In this course, we’ll take a whistle-stop tour of the Dutch education system – from primary school through secondary school to university – to discover how, why and to what extent multilingualism is facilitated and promoted. We’ll also consider how the work place deals with multilingualism, which role multilingualism plays in commercial and marketing settings, and touch upon sociopolitical aspects of multilingualism. In doing so, we focus on the European, national and regional level, and in the context of the individual as well as society more broadly, discovering as we go when multilingualism is an advantage and when it is more of a challenge.
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