VUB supports multilingualism in Brussels with BeTalky grant
Friday, April 9, 2021 — VUB is the only university to receive a grant as part of the BeTalky 2021-2022 project call. Led by Sven Gatz, minister responsible for the promotion of multilingualism, the Brussels government has approved the proposal for an e-platform, promoted by Rik Vosters and Jianwei Xu of the Linguistics and Literary Studies department. The aim of the interactive and multilingual platform is to map out best practices in home language education - often referred to as heritage language education - and share them between communities. “We collect the latest scientific insights from the literature and translate them into practice using concrete examples from some communities that we include as case studies,’ explains Jianwei Xu. ...
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