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• Cultural identity


  Fosters a sense of belonging and continuity within a community
• Freedom of expression


  Contributes to personal and social development
• Language rights


  Recognize the inherent value of language
• Language rights


  Promote social inclusion
• Protecting minority and indigenous languages


  Contribute to preserving linguistic diversity and cultural heritage
• Protecting minority and indigenous languages


  Carry unique knowledge, worldviews, and cultural expressions
• Cultural identity


  A vehicle for transmitting cultural practices, traditions, and values from one generation to another
• Language rights are an essential component of human rights
• Freedom of expression


  Enable individuals to communicate their thoughts, ideas, and experiences effectively
• Access to education


  Contributes to inclusive and equitable education opportunities for all
• Social inclusion


  Accessing public services, legal systems, healthcare, and political processes in their language
• Protecting minority and indigenous languages


  Support language revitalization efforts
• Language rights


  Facilitate freedom of expression
• Language rights


  Significant to individuals and communities
• Access to education


  Enhances comprehension, engagement, and overall education outcomes
• Protecting minority and indigenous languages


  Safeguard the rights of language speakers
• International legal framework


  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • International Government on Civil and Political Rights
  • United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• Social inclusion


  Ensure that individuals can participate fully in society
• Language loss


  A language ceases to be spoken and is no longer actively transmitted to a new generation
• Language documentation


  Recording and archiving endangered languages through audio, video, and written materials
• Efforts to address language endangerment include language documentation
• Language revitalization


  Crucial for maintaining linguistic diversity and preserving cultural heritage
• Language endangerment


  The state in which a language is at risk of becoming extinct or no longer being spoken
• Supporting endangered languages


  Can strengthen community cohesion, enhance cultural pride, and contribute to overall community well-being
• Ways to support endangered languages

  • Raising awareness about language endangerment and the value of linguistic diversity
• Government and policymakers


  Play a significant role in supporting endangered languages
• Promotion of Linguistic Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue


  • They encourage the celebration and respect of different languages, foster an inclusive society where diverse language communities can interact, collaborate, and learn from each other
• Language Access and Services


  • Aimed to ensure equal access to essential services such as healthcare, legal system, public administration, and public information in minority and indigenous languages
• Recognition and Official Language Status


  • Official Language Status provides legal recognition and protection for these languages, ensuring their use in various domains such as government, education, and public services
• Language Rights and Anti-Discrimination


  • Ensuring that individuals and communities are protected against discrimination based on language. They promote the rights used and maintain one's native language without facing linguistic prejudice or exclusion
• Language Education and Bilingualism


  • These programs provide opportunities for individuals to learn and use their native language alongside a dominant language
• Language Planning and Implementation


  • They involve collaboration between government bodies, language communities, educational institutions, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders
• Language Policies for Linguistic Diversity and Inclusion


  These policies encompass the range of measures, strategies, and initiatives aimed to recognize, support, and protect minority and indigenous languages
• Language Preservation and Revitalization


  • These initiatives involve documentation, language revitalization programs, and development of language resources such as dictionaries, grammars, and educational materials
• International Frameworks and Commitments


  • These include the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, and other international agreements that recognize the importance of linguistic diversity and the rights of the language community
• Dynamic assessment


  An interactive and individualized approach that focuses on the learning and development
• Approaches to language assessment in multilingual settings where individuals possess proficiency in multiple languages
• Portfolio assessment


  Involves collecting and evaluating a collection of samples of a learner's work over a period of time
• Observational assessment


  Involves the systematic observation of learners' language and various contexts
• Self-assessment


  • Setting goals
  • Monitoring progress
  • Identifying areas for improvement