The Multilingual Early Language Transmission (MELT) project is a partnership between four language communities – Breton in Brittany, the Frisian language in Friesland, the Swedish language community in Finland, and the Welsh language in Wales. The project is funded by the European Commission, and will run between November 2009 and October 2011.
It is widely accepted that the early years is an advantageous time to acquire language skills. The promotion of regional, minority and less widely used languages from an early age is crucial for their long term future, particularly in an age of ever increasing globalisation. To know more...