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Leeuwarden, Capital of Multilingualism Visit master students 16 December, 2013. Cor van der Meer Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning. Mercator Research Centre. 1987-2006: Documentation and Information Centre. Funded by the European Union.
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Leeuwarden, Capital of Multilingualism Visit master students 16 December, 2013 Cor van der Meer Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning
Mercator Research Centre 1987-2006: • Documentation and Information Centre. • Funded by the European Union. 2007 onwards, transition into: • Information and Research Centre. • Funded by the Province of Fryslân and the municipality of Ljouwert/Leeuwarden.
Mercator’s activities • Research • Publications & databases • Network of Schools • Newsletters • Conferences & seminars • Advisory role
Fields of Research • Language Survey Fryslân • Trends in Policies and Practices for Multilingualism in Europe (LRE) • New technologies; E-learning & Social media • Application of the CEFR and the ELP in Europe • Informal learning and promotion of reading in families & households • Early Language Learning
Research Reports • Development of Minimum Standards for RML education • Use of the CEFR and ELP in RML education • Comparative studies • Study on the devolvement of legislative power to regional authorities • Trilingual Education in Europe
Publications • Articles • Newsletters • Regional dossiers series - 40 language descriptions - Update every 5-8 years - Online available
Structured contents • 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
Network of Schools • > 90 members • > 30 language communities • 15 EU member states • News bulletins • Website: - teaching materials - projects www.networkofschools.org
January 25: Symposium 75th anniversary of the Fryske Akademy and 25th anniversary Mercator March 1: Workshop on results LRE in Fryslân June 17: Pre-conference Multilingualism and Multiculturalism, London, co-organised with SOAS October 23 – 25: European Expert Seminar on the cultural dimension in school curricula Events in 2013
Projects • Mercator Network of Language Diversity Centres • MELT: Multilingual Early Language Transmission • EUNoM: The European Universities’ Network on Multilingualism • More Languages, More Opportunities • Added Value of Multilingualism • Language Rich Europe • Poliglotti4.eu • LangOER
Mercator Research Centre - “lead partner” 4 Partner institutes: • Aberystwyth – University of Wales • Barcelona – Ciemen • Budapest – Hungarian Academy of Sciences • Stockholm – Stockholm University
Partnerships / co-operation • Network for the Promotion of Linguistic Diversity in Cardiff • European University Network on Multilingualism in Barcelona • European Centre for Modern Languages in Graz • Civil Society Platform on Multilingualism • OSCE • Regional authorities
www.mercator-research.eu mercator@fryske-akademy.nl Thank you Mersi dit Tak Danke Haristo Dzãczi Köszönöm Tige tank Hvala Teşekkür ederim Ful toank