Open AccessEuropean identity and multilingualism
Author(s) -
Damir Velički,
Katarina Aladrović Slovaček
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revija za elementarno izobraževanje
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2350-4803
pISSN - 1855-4431
DOI - 10.18690/rei.13.3.243-260.2020
Subject(s) - multilingualism , european union , identity (music) , feeling , diversity (politics) , political science , neuroscience of multilingualism , linguistics , european integration , multiculturalism , sociology , pedagogy , psychology , international trade , law , business , social psychology , aesthetics , art , philosophy
n the official documents that regulate certain segments of education in Croatia, the terms Europe and European (identity) appear. In this paper the authors analyse the concept of European identity and reach the conclusion that it has not been unambiguously defined. The term European identity is closely connected within the European Union with multilingualism. Through a policy of multilingualism, the European Union strives to preserve language diversity in Europe. The authors of this paper start from the question of whether foreign language learning increases the feeling of being connected to Europe and present the results of a study that was conducted at the Faculty of Teacher Education in Zagreb in 2018/19.