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Exploring Education and Language Diversity in Europe - Mercator Initiative

Delve into the educational landscape and linguistic variety of Europe through the Mercator initiative. Discover details on minority languages, educational provisions, and language policies.

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Exploring Education and Language Diversity in Europe - Mercator Initiative

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  1. 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

  2. Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  3. Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  4. Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  5. Mercator-Education - Typology - Regional Dossiers - Digital Library - Network of Schools The situation in Friesland Overview Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  6. 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

  7. Mercator - Education Q & A service Research Databases Regional dossiers Digital library project Network of schools Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  8. Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Family Community Cultural reproduction Prestige Legitimation Institutionalisation Education Variables for strength Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  13. Regional Dossiers www.mercator-education.org More than 30 cases Available at the website of ME Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. (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

  17. ≥ 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

  18. “Digibyb” a pilotproject Funded by the KNAW Focus on Frisian language Emphasis on publications Finished May 2005 Digital Library project Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  19. 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

  20. Network of schools Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  21. > 30 Members Newsletter Website Teaching materials Network of Schools Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  22. Fryslân Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  23. Actual Frisian area Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  24. Well-known outside Fryslân Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  25. Frisians abroad % 44 10 27 9 2 1 6 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  26. Language transmission emigrants: 4 generations Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  27. Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  28. TERP Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  29. Language situation Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  30. taalkaart 870 3.200 1.500 26.300 342.000 11.500 634.000 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  31. Home language % Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  32. Frisian proficiency % Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  33. Government Covenant Frisian language and culture Province State Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  34. Education • Pre-school • - Primary • Secondary • Higher education Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  35. Media Daily newspapers < 5% Frisian Radio&TV > 80% Frisian www.omropfryslan.nl = all in Frisian Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  36. Organisational infrastructure Many organisations: Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  37. Linguistic Infrastructure Dictionaries Languagedatabank ‘Spell-checker’ Corpus Spoken Frisian Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

  38. cvdmeer@fa.knaw.nl Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

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