Multilingualism in the European Union

International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-281

  Van Els, Theo ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

English as a lingua franca; EU official working languages; Foreign language teaching policy; Language planning; Multilingualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944442407     PISSN: 08026106     EISSN: 14734192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-4192.2005.00091.x     Document Type: Review

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