Why the emphasis on less widely spoken languages?
Tertiary education in some remote areas can be limited by the language of course delivery. How many students are fluent in the three original ORION languages(Greek, Portuguese, Swedish are termed Least Widely Spoken Languages)? Each of these languages, though culturally very important, is often superseded by the widespread use of English for course delivery, particularly in courses of a scientific nature. Click here to see the ORION Language Learning Policy. What does the ORION Network do? Recognising the crucial importance of language learning in the diverse academic and cultural mix that is present-day Europe, the ORION network has created a Virtual Learning Environment powered by a suite of innovative teaching/ learning tools, which can help solve some of these problems. The ORION network links its partners by means of a distributed network which hosts jointly -run courses, course resources and language learning modules. How does the ORION Network operate? The ORION Network operates
