PEP

Promotion de l’éducation plurilingue / Promoting plurilingual education (Erasmus+)

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The project “Promotion de l’éducation plurilingue – Partage des pratiques, formation et information (PEP)” aims to strengthen the competences of (active and future) language teachers, to promote plurilingual education and, as an overall and longer-term goal, to promote plurilingualism among European citizens. It contributes to the implementation of the central objective of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR, 2001) – the development of plurilingual and pluricultural competence. The relevance of this educational objective was emphasised in the  Companion Volume to the 2020 CEFR; at the same time, it is still little present in educational institutions.

PEP addresses this gap by first surveying teachers’ attitudes and self-reported practices in the area of plurilingualism. Building on these findings, materials are being developed to address the needs of various target groups, including a bilingual reference work and Wikiversity sections that provide resources on the basic concepts of plurilingual education; adaptable good practice examples for use in language teaching; and a hybrid teacher training programme.

All the materials produced, as well as the report on the teacher survey, are available for download on the project website.

Project goals

  • Collection and analysis of plurilingual education practices in Europe (survey of schools and universities).
  • Publication of a collection of adaptable good practice examples.
  • Creation of a reference work with contributions linking theory and practice. In this way, a better understanding of plurilingualism, plurilingual competence and the key concepts of plurilingual education should be conveyed.
  • Establishment and maintenance of a “Plurilingual education” section on Wikiversity.
  • Development of a hybrid teachter training programme in the field of plurilingual education with a training handbook

Project website

 PEP – Promouvoir l’éducation plurilingue / Promoting plurilingual education

Target groups

  • Language teachers in initial and in-service training
  • Persons involved in the initial and in-service training of language teachers
  • Researchers
  • Decision makers

Project data

  • Erasmus+, KA2
  • Project number: 2023-1-FR01-KA220-HED-000160820
  • Funding amount: 400.000 €
  • Duration: 01.09.2023-31.08.2026

Partner institutions

  • Université de la Réunion (coordination)
  • University Salzburg (Co-coordination)
  • University of Vienna
  • University of Hamburg
  • Università Roma Tre
  • Universidade Católica Portuguesa
  • Πανεπιστημιο Θεσσαλιας (University of Thessaly)

Project Team University of Salzburg

M. Strasser (local coordination), C. Hülsmann, T. Bogensperger (Language Centre)

 PEP resarch outpout in PURE

Co-funded by the European Union