# Multilingual worksheet

Schools of Linguistics, Language and Literature
Institute for Multilingual Studies Multilingualism Practicum

## Multilingualism

This practicum develops learning resources and materials related to the general study of Multilingualism.
These will help facilitate Foreign Language Learning and Topic:Multilingual Studies at Wikiversity. The first (but not last) Language Divisions are:
* English
* German
* Spanish
* French
* ...but there are many others!...
This worksheet is here as an aid (like a "scratchpad") to translators and students of planet-wide community-building and for establishing Transwiki-versity.

## Goals

This practicum aims to create a master reference for the School of Language and Literature in the form of a local article Multilingualism.

### Wikiversity

Specific goals are to produce learning materials that will help to strengthen Wikiversity as an Online learning community. The principle that the learning community here will be open, accessible and free to all requires a multi-lingual aspect as a priority in its charter. To help meet this end, we are creating this ongoing Multilingual Practicum.

### Beta.Wikiversity

As Wikiversity grows, replicates and reproduces through various languages and cultures, the need for multiple language resource versions and translation services will increase. This practicum is being designed to help meet these already-obvious needs. The following pages explain the multilingual system on Wikiversity Beta:
* Wikiversity:Multilingualism

### Institute of Multilingual Studies

Mission Statement: In the Spirit of an Open Community with the Assumption of Good Faith, the Institute of Multilingual Studies will leave Matters of Policy to Higher Powers.

#### English Division

English Division Mission Statement: This practicum, though born here at the English language version of Wikiversity shall not be defined, constrained nor imposed as a standard but offered only as a model, pattern, suggestion or example to the Betas as they come online.
The Division shall be responsible for the English version of:
* Wikiversity:Translator's Handbook - A language-neutral general-purpose resource developed as an open collaborative project that grows along with Wikiversity's Betas.

##### Interlingual Beta Club

We are taking it upon ourselves to build a local (English) version of Multilingualism, synchronously with beta projects, established, developing and future as a mirror of
Our main challenge is to work within a host / guest paradigm that promotes the understanding that native speakers of one language are non-native speakers of another. As members of the English Wikiversity, we hope to be faithful custodians for translation resourses for those who have little or no experience with English.
We will do this by Hosting:
* Wikiversity:Multilingualism/En (the host base)
and guest stations:
* Wikiversity:Multilingualism/De
* Wikiversity:Multilingualism/Es
* Wikiversity:Multilingualism/Fr
* Wikiversity:Multilingualism/Zh
* Wikiversity:Multilingualism/Ar
* etc.
and a special one:
* Wikiversity:Multilingualism/NEW for creating interfaces to new Wikiversity beta projects.

## Organization

(under construction)
Schools: Media Studies | Linguistics | Computer Science | Language and Literature
Institute for Multilingual Studies
    English Language
    German
    Chinese
    Languages
       Translation Department
          Wikiversity_translations
          Translator's Handbook
             Wikiversity translations/Recruiting translators
             Wikiversity translations/Training translators
                Interlingual Beta Club
Category:Languages and Language families Category: Wikiversity translations