On 20-21 November, the Institute of Occitan Studies hosted a European Conference on language transmission in the family with support from the NPLD and the following Councils: Général des Hautes-Pyrenees, Regional Midi-Pyrenees, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Poitou-Charentes and the Ministry of Culture and Communication, and in partnership with the technical IUFM and the City of Tarbes. .

The conference looked specifically at the importance of transmitting Occitan within the family, which is crucial within the current sociolinguistic situation.  Presentations were made by specialists in language planning from all over Europe, and individual case studies will be presented on a variety of language situations, from successful examples of language transmission to new and innovative projects that are aimed at increasing the transmission of language in a non-formal context.

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