Nov 17, 2020 | Language Projects |
The Listen project on language assertiveness has launched a new multilingual website at https://listen-europe.eu/. The website gathers project information and news, as well as providing a platform for future project developments. One of the aims of the Listen project...
Oct 26, 2020 | Press releases |
The European Language Equality Network held its autumn Steering Committee meeting online on Friday (23rd October) with presentations on the effects and consequences of COVID-19 on lesser-used language communities from UN Special Rapporteur Fernand de Varennes, and...
Jul 16, 2020 | Press releases |
The European Language Equality Network has welcomed the adoption by Spain of the majority of recommendations made by States in the UN Universal Periodic Review on human rights. However, serious challenges remain in particular regarding rights to freedom of expression...
Jul 13, 2020 | Language Projects |
The first language assertiveness training for trainers was held in Fryslân in the small village of Boksum in early July. Six participants from different backgrounds, in language teaching, communication, cultural anthropology and coaching, attended the training. They...
Apr 28, 2020 | Language Projects |
One of the aims of the Listen project is to teach the concept of language assertiveness to speakers of co-official, endangered, indigenous, ‘regional’ and minority languages (RMLs). The Listen project will train people to express themselves in their own language...
