Michael Byram is Professor Emeritus at Durham University, UK. He has published numerous books, including most recently Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence: Revisited (Multilingual Matters, 2021).Mike Fleming is Professor Emeritus at Durham University, UK. He has published widely on intercultural education and arts education.Joseph Sheils was formerly Head of the Department of Language Education and Policy at the Council of Europe. He is an Individual Expert Member of the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE).

• ContributorsPrefaceChapter 1. Michael Byram and Joseph Sheils: Introduction – Quality and Equity in Education: The Council of Europe VisionChapter 2. María-del-Carmen Méndez-García and Mike Fleming: What Do I Need to Know about ‘Quality’ and ‘Equity’ in Education?Chapter 3. Louise Tranekjær: What Do I Need to Know about Plurilingual-and-Intercultural and Democratic Competences?Chapter 4. Helmut Johannes Vollmer and Eike Thürmann: What Do I Need to Know and What Can I Do about the Role Language Plays in Supporting Quality and Equity in Education?Chapter 5. Florentina Sâmihăian and Diana-Maria Beldiman: What Do I Need to Know about Language as a Tool for Learning-and-Teaching and Assessing when Teaching Competences for Democratic Culture and Intercultural Competences? Chapter 6. Helmut Linneweber-Lammerskitten, Silvia Minardi and Irene Pieper: What Do I Need to Know and Do to Ensure that My Own Subject Contributes to Learners' Plurilingual, Intercultural and Democratic Competences? Chapter 7. Claudia Borghetti and Martyn Barrett: What Do I Need to Know about Quality and Equity in the Assessment of Plurilingual, Intercultural and Democratic Competences and the Use of Portfolios?Chapter 8. Mirjam Egli Cuenat and Marisa Cavalli: What is My Role and Responsibility as a Language Teacher in Developing Language (and Other) Skills for Learning Across the Curriculum?Chapter 9. Nathalie Auger and David Little: The Special Case of Education for Migrants: ChildrenChapter 10. Cecilie Hamnes Carlsen, Lorenzo Rocca and Joe Sheils: Education for Integration: The Case of Adult MigrantsChapter 11. Jonas Erin and Waldemar Martyniuk: As the Leader of a Language-Friendly Educational Institution, What Do I Need to Know about Policymaking for Language and Literacy Education in a Coherent Whole-School Approach?Michael Byram and Joseph Sheils: SummaryAppendix: The Council of EuropeIndex

This is a book with a positive mission. It presents the significant work of the Council of Europe on plurilingualism, intercultural competence and democratic citizenship. In a series of chapters, well-known scholars explain the Council of Europe vision of the importance of the linguistic dimensions of learning in all disciplines and for all groups of students.