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In order to maintain a minority language it is crucial that speakers are able to use it as frequently and freely as possible.<\/div>\n
However, in many situations it has been observed that those who speak a minority language adopt self-censoring attitudes when they avoid using their own language and switch to the majority language.<\/div>\n
This happens even when their counterpart is perfectly able to understand the minority language and when such language is officially recognized and widely used in the local area.<\/div>\n
Assertiveness is the quality of being self-assured and confident without being aggressive.<\/div>\n
It is a learnable skill and mode of communication.<\/div>\n
When applied to languages, it refers to training people to express themselves in their own language while feeling calm and self-assured, and it acts to help individuals who may be uncertain if their counterparts are speakers of the same language.<\/div>\n
The purpose of the LISTEN project is to train speakers of a minority language (be it historically rooted in a territory or brought recently by effect of migration) to act on their behavior and modify it by adopting strategies of linguistic assertiveness.<\/div>\n
The main output of the project will be a format for Linguistic Assertiveness Workshops that can be adapted by and localized to different languages and socio-linguistic micro- and macro-contexts.<\/div>\n
The project will explore the cases of four languages (Welsh, Irish, Frisian and Hungarian) and different categories of speakers (educators, civil servants, youth and migrants).<\/div>\n
Additional teaching materials that will be provided are: a MOOC on language assertiveness, some webinars, a handbook and audiovisual and textual material that will be released with an open license.<\/div>\n
The format will be illustrated and put into operation by conducting two series of workshops that will be held in Wales, Ireland, Friesland and Romania.<\/div>\n
Since the workshops will be held in different language communities, they will be able to gather a wide variety of needs, situations and linguistic prejudices.<\/div>\n
The LISTEN methodology has the potential to be applicable not only to lesser-used languages but also to more widely used ones, and can be used whenever a situation of friction arises and a person or a group of people feels the need to maintain his\/her own language when confronted with unfavourable external factors.<\/div>\n
At the societal level, LISTEN provides an invaluable instrument to understand linguistic prejudices and to take concrete actions that can help deal with them so as to contribute to a more tolerant and inclusive society.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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