Traduction de «aptitudes en langue maternelle » (Français → Anglais) :

Emphasising the value of linguistic diversity and supporting children with a different mother tongue to improve their proficiency in the language of instruction and, where appropriate, in the mother tongue, as well as supporting teachers to teach children with different levels of linguistic competence, can improve the educational achievements of children with migrant background and reduce their risk of early school leaving.

In the context of Europe's multicultural and multilingual societies, it is recognised that the mother tongue may not in all cases be an official language of the Member State, and that ability to communicate in an official language is a pre-condition for ensuring full participation of the individual in society.

Communication in foreign languages broadly shares the main skill dimensions of communication in the mother tongue: it is based on the ability to understand, express and interpret concepts, thoughts, feelings, facts and opinions in both oral and written form (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in an appropriate range of societal and cultural contexts (in education and training, work, home and leisure) according to one's wants or needs.

4. Welcomes the Commission's long-term objective to improve individual language skills, referring to the target set in 2002 by the Barcelona European Council whereby citizens should learn at least two foreign languages in addition to their mother tongue;

Communication in foreign languages broadly shares the main skill dimensions of communication in the mother tongue: it is based on the ability to understand, express and interpret concepts, thoughts, feelings, facts and opinions in both oral and written form (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in an appropriate range of societal and cultural contexts (in education and training, work, home and leisure) according to one's wants or needs.

13. Reiterates its conviction that knowledge of languages other than one's mother tongue is not only a valuable practical skill but also a means of gaining access to different cultures; notes the finding of EUROSTAT that less than half of all European adults can take part in a conversation in a language other than their mother tongue; believes that greater priority should be given to language teaching in the educational systems of the Member States, so as to ensure that every school-leaver is proficient in at least one European language other than his mother tongue, whilst maintaining the goal, set out in the Council resolution of Marc ...[+++]h 1995, of proficiency in two European languages other than the school-leaver's mother tongue(s);