Mercator Research Centre at the Fryske Akademy / Fryslân Alex RIEMERSMA Workshop Minority Languages and Multilingual Education European Centre for Modern Languages ECML Graz, Austria.
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Mercator Research Centre at the Fryske Akademy / Fryslân Alex RIEMERSMA Workshop Minority Languages and Multilingual Education European Centre for Modern Languages ECML Graz, Austria / Österreich, February 17, 2011 Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning
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Early Middle ages Late Middle ages
Fryslân in history
Today
Fryske Akademy
Wales 15 March 2010
Language Planning
• Corpus planning: -
orthography, dictionary, terminology
• Status planning: -
legislation, institutional infrastructure
• Language acquisition planning: -
education at all levels, and - intergenerational language transmission
Wales 15 March 2010
Mercator Research Centre at Fryske Akademy
2 Partners:
Media
: Aberystwyth &
Legislation
: Barcelona 1987-2006: EU funded Documentation & Information Centre 2007-2008: transition to Documentation and Research Funded by province of Fryslân and municipality of Ljouwert/Leeuwarden
Mercator Network
2009-2011: EU funded Mercator Ljouwert (Fryslân) “ lead partner ” Aberystwyth – Barcelona – University of Wales Ciemen Boedapest – Hungarian Academy of Sciences Eskilstuna (Sweden) – M ä lardalen University
Mercator Research Centre at Fryske Akademy
Scientific research & data collection Information centre & platform function Data base of experts Newsletter & website Network of Schools Q & A service Regional Dossiers
Regional Dossiers
40 language descriptions Author = local expert Update every 5-7 years Online available
Research themes
Minimum Standards of RML education Added value of multilingualism Bi- and Trilingual Schooling
Report on Minimum Standards on Education in RMLs (2007) On request of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRAE) of the Council of Europe Recommendations to the Council of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Themes of analysis
Educational goals & models Time spent Teaching materials Teacher training Inspectorate Legal position
Member States & Languages Austria: Germany: Netherlands: Slovakia: Slovenia: Spain: Sweden: Slovenian, Croatian Sorbian Frisian Hungarian Italian Catalan Sami United Kingdom: Welsh
Added Value of Multilingualism In co-operation with Ikerbasque, co funded by the Ministry of Eduation of the Basque Autonomous Community Focus on secondary school Focus on English as a third language
Trilingual primary schooling
Inventory study on provisions of trilingual primary education 10 case studies, a.o.: - Basque Country; Catalunya; - Finland (Vaasa); Italy (Ladin); - Luxembourg; - North-Frisia (Germany); - Frisian (the Netherlands):
Trilingual education in Fryslân
Model used (with flexibility):
- Group 1-6: 50 % Frisian, 50 % Dutch - Group 7-8: 40 % Frisian, 40 % Dutch, 20% English
Systematic use of Frisian, Dutch and English as a medium of instruction
Concious and strictly separated use of languages: person / time / themes
Interactive language education
Mercator Network of Schools
> 90 members > 30 language communities 15 EU member states News bulletins Website:
- teaching materials - projects
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Partner in European Projects - 1 NPLD: Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (regional authorities & NGO’s) - Platform to EU institutions - Projects with EU funding MELT: Multilingual Early Language Transmission (= pre-school sector): - Toolkit practitones & awareness raising for the “informed choice”
Partner in European Projects - 2 EUNoM: European Network of Universitites on Multilingualism: - research & Master Multilingualism Language Rich Europe (British Council): - documentation language policies Civil Society Platform on Multilingualism: on request EU
Mercator Conferences 2011
7-8 April: in co-operation with SOAS Theme: languages of the wider world, maintenance, shift & revitalisation 26-27 May: in co-operation with Basque Government Theme: What can languages add to the multicultural society?
Intended
Network of Teacher Training Institutes Aiming at: Relationship between teacher training and primary / secondary education Teacher’s competences in multilingualism Didactic methods towards continuity
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