Evaluation and Research in Education
Editor: Professor Keith Morrison, Inter-University Institute of Macau
Associate Editor: Professor Stephen Gorard, University of York
Statistical Adviser: Professor Colin Baker, University of Wales Bangor
Reviews Editor: Dr. Emma Smith, University of York
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Volume: 10 Number: 2 Page: 68–78
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The Role of Foreign Language Learning in Education for European Citizenship
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Colin Wringe
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A conception of Citizenship Education appropriate to a liberal democratic polity is presented and the notion of European citizenship defended. Three essential conditions of enjoying the advantages of European
citizenship are identified as freedom of movement within the European polity as a whole, unimpeded access to information and communication with fellow European citizens and the ability to participate actively
in transnational European political concerns. It is also held that a programme of European Citizenship Education should prepare the population at large for the exercise of these prerogatives by European
citizens from various countries on a basis of freedom and equality and in a manner protective of Europe's national and regional diversity. The ways in which these achievements are dependent on the learning
of a language other than one's own first language are explored in detail.
© Multilingual Matters 1999
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