Multilingual Early Language Transmission (MELT) - Mercator ...

the individual practitioner; but also common standards in terms of availability and
accessibility of pre-service training and the setting of its quality standards.
With respect to the EU Agenda 2020 the policy of mother-tongue plus two (Lisbon and
Barcelona) should be re-scoped. The EU should develop “(…) a framework in which specific
national, regional and local policies may flourish, and Languages for international and
national/regional communication, for community cohesion and personal linguistic
development may be supported” (King et.al: 40).
All in all, when looking back at this MELT project, and when considering all studies and
recommendations in official documents, the most important recommendation of all is
concerning the relationship between theory and practice. At local and regional level, as well
as at national and European level, stakeholders and policy makers, scholars and practitioners
should take into account that all their ideas, proposals and work must be carried out for the
benefit of the growing children.
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