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Explore the education system in Friesland, with a focus on lesser-used languages. Learn about pre-school, primary, secondary, vocational, higher education, and adult education. Discover the language policies and cultural initiatives.
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Mercator – Education and the situation of Friesland Cor van der Meer Mercator–Education/Fryske Akademy Lesser used languages in Estonia and in EuropeRoosta, 30 september 2005 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Mercator-Education - Typology - Regional Dossiers - Digital Library - Network of Schools The situation in Friesland Overview Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Mercator-Legislation (Barcelona/CIEMEN) Mercator-Media (Aberysthwyth/University of Wales) Mercator-Education (Ljouwert/Fryske Akademy) European Buro for Lesser Used Languages (EBLUL) Mercator Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Mercator - Education Q & A service Research Databases Regional dossiers Digital library project Network of schools Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Differences in size 200 2.000 20.000 280.000 2 M 7 M Catalan Cornish Galician Catalan (I) Saterfrisian Luxemburgish Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
The European Union Regional or minority languages • - Language policy: The European Commission's Action Plan for Language Learning and Linguistic Diversity Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Unique minority languages a) Welsh, Frisian, Galician b) Catalan (E, I, F), Basque (E, F) Minority languages with a ‘kin-state’ a) German (B, Dk, F, I), French (I), Slovene (Au, I) b) Ukranian (Sl, Pol) Special cases a) Luxemburgish, (Maltese) b) Romani, Yiddish EU-based typology Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Family Community Cultural reproduction Prestige Legitimation Institutionalisation Education Variables for strength Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Regional Dossiers www.mercator-education.org More than 30 cases Available at the website of ME Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
1 Introduction 2 Pre-school education 3 Primary education 4 Secondary education 5 Vocational education 6 Higher education 7 Adult education 8 Educational research 9 Prospects 10 Summary of statistics Education System in …. References and further reading Useful addresses Structured contents Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
strong medium weak Basque (E) Catalan Galician Irish (Irl) Luxembourgish Swedish Welsh Asturian Corsican Frisian Gaelic German (B) German (F) German (I) Irish (N.Irl) Ladin Meankieli Slovenian (A) Slovenian (I) Sorbian Turkish Cornish Croatian Kashubian Basque (F) Breton North Frisian Occitan Sami Scots Educational provisions 14 9 7 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
(near) complete large part (>50%) small part (<50%) optional/extra-curricular Basque (E) Catalan Frisian Galician German (B) Irish (Irl) Luxembourg-ish Swedish Welsh Corsican Croatian Gaelic German (F) German (I) Slovene (I) Asturian Basque (F) Breton Irish (N.Irl) Kashubian Ladin Meankieli NorthFrisian Occitan Sorbian Sami Slovene (A) Turkish Cornish Scots Language as a subject 9 6 13 2 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
≥ half subjects some subjects no medium of instruct not applicable Basque (E) Basque (F) Breton Catalan Galician Gaelic German (B) German (F) German (I) Irish (Irl) Irish (N.Irl) Slovene (A) Slovene (I) Swedish Turkish Welsh Asturian Croatian Frisian Ladin NorthFrisian Luxembourgish Sami Corsican Kashubian Meankieli Occitan Sorbian Cornish Scots Medium of instruction 16 7 5 2 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
“Digibyb” a pilotproject Funded by the KNAW Focus on Frisian language Emphasis on publications Finished May 2005 Digital Library project Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Regional services in European minority language communities A central service/portal Focus on unique RML’s The European MInority Language Library (EMILL) Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Network of schools Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
> 30 Members Newsletter Website Teaching materials Network of Schools Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Fryslân Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Actual Frisian area Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Well-known outside Fryslân Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Frisians abroad % 44 10 27 9 2 1 6 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Language transmission emigrants: 4 generations Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
TERP Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Language situation Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
taalkaart 870 3.200 1.500 26.300 342.000 11.500 634.000 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Home language % Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Frisian proficiency % Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Government Covenant Frisian language and culture Province State Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Education • Pre-school • - Primary • Secondary • Higher education Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Media Daily newspapers < 5% Frisian Radio&TV > 80% Frisian www.omropfryslan.nl = all in Frisian Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Organisational infrastructure Many organisations: Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
Linguistic Infrastructure Dictionaries Languagedatabank ‘Spell-checker’ Corpus Spoken Frisian Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005
cvdmeer@fa.knaw.nl Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005