Romanian as a Foreign Language in the Context of European Plurilingualism Cover Image

Limba Română ca Limbă Străină în Contextul Plurilingvismului European
Romanian as a Foreign Language in the Context of European Plurilingualism

Author(s): Victoria Vîntu, Aliona Busuioc
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics, Language acquisition, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Philology
Published by: Universitatea Liberă Internațională din Moldova
Keywords: Romanian as a foreign language;national identity;culture; pluriligualism;objectives of study;

Summary/Abstract: The knowledge of a new culture always starts with the process of learning the language spoken by its representatives. The pluriculturalism and plurilingualism spread in the European area cease to represent some forms of differentiation, delimitation of people and peoples, but on the contrary, it ensures cultural and political integrity, encourages empathy and understanding. The evolution of these phenomena lies in the urgent need to form connections, to identify the links necessary to facilitate the communication process. The Romanian language, a component integrated to the European pluricultural phenomenon, extends its area of use, which increases the interest for studying it as a foreign language. The primary purpose of promoting the Romanian language as a foreign language in the academic environment is the affirmation and perpetuation of the Romanian linguistic and cultural identity. Being one of the oldest languages in the European space, Romanian has always been the target of linguists and historians, and now it becomes a link that facilitates the connection with the surrounding world. This paper aims to present the Romanian language as an object of study and to point out goals and benefits (development of communication skills, access to knowledge, professional mobility) that make a foreigner to learn it.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 171-175
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian