Cross-border workers in Luxembourg: how to learn Luxembourgish for free?
By Ninon Oget
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The government of Luxemburg announced good news, in particular for cross-border workers working in the Grand Duchy: an application free now lets you learn Luxembourgish.
Free on computer and phone
called LLO.LUthis new learning platform was created on Friday September 9, 2022 by the Minister of National Education, Claude Meisch and the director of the National Institute of Languages (INL), Maisy Gorza.
The latter explain in a press release that the application is “accessible free in the whole world ” Going through computer or telephone (“LLO” on IOS and Android). The interface is available in four languages : German, French, English and Luxembourgish.
Lessons on private use and work
Users of this platform can learn “the Luxembourgish language of interactive way, thanks to various lessons given both on private use and on work”, assures the Ministry of National Education. Good news for cross-border workers in Luxembourg.
The chapters are structured thematically and each theme is accompanied by videos, explanations and exercises, and, at the end, you can also evaluate your learning with the help of a small test.
And to best adapt your training to your level, a Assessment test is possible, but not mandatory, when you register. Knowing that the platform “offers courses for levels A1 and A2. Each school year, an additional level is added”, specifies the ministry.
“Very high” demand for learning Luxembourgish
For the government, this new platform will make it possible to value the language internationally and to promote its use in the future, but also to meet growing demand.
The demand for Luxembourgish courses is very high, whether here or beyond the borders. This shows the importance of the Luxembourgish language as a language of communication and integration, even in the perception of people who do not speak it or do not yet speak it. With the new platform, we enable people to learn the language in a fun and digital way, now all over the world.
But meeting this demand comes at a cost. According to the Ministry, the development costs of LLO.LU amount to approximately 3.4 million euros.
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