De la didàctica de les llengües a la didàctica del plurilingüisme

The article sets out from research carried out over the past several decades in the broad field of language teaching and learning. It first proposes that plurilingual competence should be considered the foundation for and aim of language teaching and learning. It then traces some of the major didactic approaches based on the plurality of languages and cultures that have emerged over the past 30 years in Europe. Extending from these, the article then discusses how the so-called didactics of plurilingualism may be organised at different levels of action: macro, meso and micro. Finally, an example of a plurilingual teaching approach is offered and some challenges for the future are introduced.