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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
• Articles
• Newsletters
• Regional dossiers series
- 40 language descriptions
- Update every 5-8 years
- Online available
Publications
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
www.networkofschools.org
Network of Schools
• > 90 members
• > 30 language communities
• 15 EU member states
• News bulletins
• Website:
- teaching materials
- projects
Events in 2013
• 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
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