Plurilingualism is the ability of a person who has competence in more than one language to switch between multiple languages depending on the situation for ease of communication. Plurilinguals practice multiple languages and are able to switch between them when necessary without too much difficulty.

Is plurilingual a word?

adjective. Relating to, involving, or fluent in a number of languages; multilingual.

What is plurilingual approach?

The plurilingual approach is the didactic implementation of the principle of plurilingual competence. It is a model of language teaching that integrates all the languages of the student's linguistic repertoire, as well as those that he or she learns at school, in syllabus planning and teaching practice.