We use data on Latino children in the United States who have been randomly assigned calculation tests in English or Spanish to check for the so-called bilingual advantage, the notion that knowing more than one language improves individuals' other cognitive skills. After controlling for different...

We study an active labor market program aimed at immigrants with very limited language skills. The program consists of a three-month on-the-job training program in a regular workplace, facilitated by bilingual caseworkers speaking the participant's native language. The aim of the program is to...

This qualitative study explores parental attitudes towards bilingual education in Mozambique. To improve foundational learning, several countries in sub-Saharan Africa have re-evaluated their language-ofeducation policies and experimented with bilingual education. Community buy-in is essential...

The development of English-language skills, a near necessity in today’s global economy, is heavily influenced by historical national decisions about whether to subtitle or dub TV content. While prior studies of language acquisition have focused on schools, we show the overwhelming influence of...

The development of English-language skills, a near necessity in today’s global economy, is heavily influenced by historical national decisions about whether to subtitle or dub TV content. While prior studies of language acquisition have focused on schools, we show the overwhelming influence of...

This paper examines the causal impact of a large-scale Turkish language training program on the academic performance, school participation, and mental well-being of Syrian refugee children in T¨urkiye. Using rich administrative data and a staggered difference-in-differences design, we find that...

The internet transformed the landscape for (prospective) migrants, including the ability to learn foreign languages. The popular language learning app Duolingo rolled out 84 courses between source and target languages between 2012 and 2021. These courses increased the number of languages spoken...

This paper examines the legal and political challenges to state formation in North Macedonia through analyzing the language use and linguistic rights of ethnic communities in North Macedonia. At first the paper gives a historical overview of the modalities of language rights protection in the...

The European Union aspires to be united in diversity. The defence, promotion and valuing of linguistic diversity plays a fundamental role in this quest. Languages are incredible tools with which we think, learn, relate to the world and communicate with others. They are also embedded in our...

This exhibition seeks to show how translation, both written and spoken (interpreting), has been a crucial means for communication in countless situations and moments throughout the history of Spain and Europe, thus enabling ideas to circulate between cultures and civilisations. Given the scant...

This exhibition seeks to show how translation, both written and spoken (interpreting), has been a crucial means for communication in countless situations and moments throughout the history of Spain and Europe, thus enabling ideas to circulate between cultures and civilisations. Given the scant...

The European Union aspires to be united in diversity. The defence, promotion and valuing of linguistic diversity plays a fundamental role in this quest. Languages are incredible tools with which we think, learn, relate to the world and communicate with others. They are also embedded in our...

The project developed Slovak teaching materials for children of foreigners and nationals. Today, textbooks are the main tool for teaching Slovak to Ukrainian children, aiming at quick and high-quality adaptation in a new environment.

The project developed Slovak teaching materials for children of foreigners and nationals. Today, textbooks are the main tool for teaching Slovak to Ukrainian children, aiming at quick and high-quality adaptation in a new environment

It is with great pleasure that we present this eighth edition of the Multilingual Dictionary of New Words, a compilation of neologisms discovered and submitted by translators from each of the European Parliament's twenty-four language units. The project first saw the light of day in 2010, and...

The present survey is a way to gauge whether citizens agree with the European objectives towards multilingualism and if they are progressing in that direction. The survey addresses the language knowledge of Europeans, covering skills, use of languages and attitudes towards languages.

It is with great pleasure that we present this eighth edition of the Multilingual Dictionary of New Words, a compilation of neologisms discovered and submitted by translators from each of the European Parliament's twenty-four language units. The project first saw the light of day in 2010, and...

As more and more scholars apply computational text analysis methods to multilingual corpora, machine translation has become an indispensable tool. However, relying on commercial services for machine translation, such as Google Translate or DeepL, limits reproducibility and can be expensive. This...

In Europe exist over 200 languages of which only 24 are official languages of the EU. What effect do have minority and regional languages onto prosperity? Is there any correlation between the language use and regional GDP per capita? How does affect the meaning of an own regional language the...

Why do we choose one language over another? Rival views see language frontiers as exogenous, driven by policy, or endogenous, determined by social, cultural and economic forces. We study language loss in nineteenth-century Ireland's bilingual society using individual-level data from the 1901...

In India, fluency in English remains a status symbol for the wealthy and educated middle class, while creating a divide between those who have strong English language skills and those who do not. This study deploys a correspondence experiment conducted on a matrimonial website, to examine...

Die Vielsprachigkeit ist Ausdruck der "Einheit in Vielfalt" und der großen Achtung für die kulturellen und sprachlichen Identitäten in der Union. Erst sie verschafft dem Recht aller Bürger Geltung, sich in ihrer eigenen Sprache an die Unionsorgane zu wenden und in dieser Sprache eine Antwort...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs, at the request of the PETI Committee, inquires about the connection between the "Protection of European linguistic and cultural diversity" and the "Protection and promotion of...