A review of contributions to the Modern Languages Project of the Council for Cultural Cooperation shows that all the project activities derive from the recognition of the importance of stimulating and maintaining motivation. Studies have shown that the key to this objective is the willingness to let participants take responsibility for their own…

The Modern Languages Project group devoted to language teaching and learning with respect to migrants conducted its work against the background of the fundamental principles of the Council of Europe. The principles are the following: a learner-centered approach, learner autonomy, flexibility, communicative competence, and treating the learner as a…