Language policies in European higher education area. Babeş-Bolyai University - a case study
Language policies in European higher education area. Babeş-Bolyai University - a case study

Summary/Abstract: Languages are an important part of our lives. They do not only help us communicate with one another, but they also contribute to our self-improvement, they help the development of the economy and of the business environment. Therefore, universities and governments have to work on promoting languages, language learning and teaching. This article focuses largely on the language policies of the European Union, on the European higher education area, and particularly on the actions taken in order to implement the recommendations made by the European institutions in what concerns language learning. Furthermore, the article presents the preliminary results of a survey carried out among the Romanian students of Babeş-Bolyai University the purpose of which was to see their satisfaction as to the language teaching and the offer of languages within their university. Therefore, this was a good way to see whether the European Union recommendation on the teaching and learning of foreign languages were implemented in Romania and in higher education.

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