LANGUAGE POLICIES IN NORWAY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MULTILINGUAL COMPETENCE

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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2019.2.16

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foreign language learning, culture, intercultural communicative competence, language policy, student-centered learning, differentiated learning, multilingual competence.

Abstract

Language policies in Norway and the development of the multilingual competence. Norway, an increasingly multicultural society, has acknowledged through its language policies the importance of communicating effectively across diverse cultural and linguistic contexts. This paper intends to provide a broader picture of the Norwegian education system and the changes it has undergone in order to accommodate to technological advancements and the internationalization of education. In addition, the development of the intercultural communicative competence has become a prerequisite in Norway’s multicultural and multilingual society characterized by increased mobility. Therefore, Norway’s educational landscape and educational policies needed to accommodate these changes and transfer the acquired knowledge into clear pedagogical aims.

REZUMAT. Politicile lingvistice în Norvegia și dezvoltarea competenței multiculturale. Norvegia, care a devenit treptat o societate multiculturală, recunoaște, prin intermediul politicilor lingvistice elaborate, importanța comunicării eficiente în diverse contexte culturale și lingvistice. Lucrarea de față își propune să ofere o imagine amplă asupra sistemului educațional norvegian și să indice schimbările parcurse de acesta în vederea adaptării la progresele tehnologice și la internaționalizarea educației. În plus, dezvoltarea competenței comunicative interculturale a devenit o prerechizită în societatea Norvegiană multiculturală și multilingvă unde mobilitatea a fost intensificată. Datorită acestor aspecte, contextul educațional norvegian precum și politicile educaționale norvegiene au fost nevoite să se adapteze acestor schimbări și să utilizeze aceste cunoștințe obținute în finalități pedagogice bine definite.

Cuvinte-cheie: predarea limbilor străine, cultură, competența comunicativă interculturală, politică lingvistică, predarea centrată pe elev, predarea diferențiată, competența multilingvă.

Author Biographies

Raluca POP, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. E-mail: raluca.petrus@yahoo.com

Raluca Pop is Teaching Assistant, PhD, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. E-mail: raluca.petrus@yahoo.com

Raluca‐Daniela RĂDUȚ, Faculty of Letters, Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. E-mail: raluca_daniela_radut@yahoo.com

Raluca-Daniela Răduț is Lecturer, PhD, Faculty of Letters, Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. E-mail: raluca_daniela_radut@yahoo.com

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2019-06-24

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POP, R., & RĂDUȚ, R. (2019). LANGUAGE POLICIES IN NORWAY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MULTILINGUAL COMPETENCE. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philologia, 64(2), 193–205. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2019.2.16

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