EDUCATION GLOBAL BENCHMARK FOR A PLURALISTIC CIVILIZATION
EDUCATION GLOBAL BENCHMARK FOR A PLURALISTIC CIVILIZATION

Summary/Abstract: The present study aims at dealing with several questions related to the conceptual and applicative background of plurilingualism. The Romans were the first people to clearly understand what means the concept of globalization in the order of communications and government. Later on, in Europe, the vernacular languages represented an alternative to Latin and the Latin Middle Ages was a period in which universalism and globalization were based on the written version of the classical Latin language. If a language policy, inspired by some issues of the New Multilingualism, is to be Europeanized, language policy makers should accept that multilingualism is «normal» and interdependently connected with factors such as economy, politics, social welfare and education. Language policy must be based on a non-discriminatory subsidiarity principle, in connection with a language-planning coordination centre, European language policies being not only possible but imperative.

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