Intercomprehension among Romance or Germanic languages (a plurilingual course) - BIP
Learn to understand the language of your interlocutors without using a third language
Course description
Intercomprehension is a recent didactic approach, but an ancient way of communication: everyone speaks in their native language and can understand the language of the interlocutor, without using a "lingua franca" like English.
We propose a course which aims to comprehend six languages from the same family:
- Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish for the romance languages
- Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, English, Dutch and German for the Germanic languages.
Intercomprehension (IC) enables anyone to understand all the languages within a common family, thereby promoting an equal exchange, where no one is at a linguistic disadvantage. IC fosters diversity, multilingualism, respect of difference and well-being.
Schedule
Online sessions:
- 29 May 2025: 17:00 -18:00 informative session
- 10 June 2025
- 17 June 2025
In-person session:
- 26 June & 27 June 2025
- Weekend free
- 30 June, 1 July, 2 July, 3 July and 4 July 2025
Requirements
The participation requirements are as follows:
- The candidate must be a native speaker of a Romance or Germanic language (or C2 level).
- The candidate must have knowledge of a second language from the same language family as the first (minimum level: B1).
- The candidate must indicate all languages known. Priority will be given to master’s degree students or third-year Bachelor's degree students.
Number of places for the opportunity: there is 20 spots in total, subdivided like follows:
- Nantes: 4 (2 Romance +2 Germanic)
- Murcia: 2/3 Romance
- Linnaeus: 3 Germanic
- Cologne: 3 Germanic
- Inalco: 4 (2 Germanic +2 Romance)
- Santiago de Compostela: 2 (1 Germanic +1 Romance)
- Konstanz: 2 Germanic
General information
| Coordinating University | University of Florence |
| Teacher, lecturer | Hugues Sheeren |
| Target audience | Students, Educators, Administrative staff |
| Mode of delivery | Blended |
| Dates | 29 May to 4 July 2025 |
| ECTS | 3 |
Application
Application deadline: 27 April 2025
Application link (Germanic language): apply here.
For any questions, contact your local coordinator.
If your home institution is listed below, please check the funding requirements and selection criteria prior to applying:
