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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.eu

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

Co-operation with the Basque Autonomous Community

Co-operation with Yamal-Nenets

Mercator Research Website

Twitter & Facebook

Visit SPLIKA, december 2010

www.mercator-research.euwww.mercator-research.eumercator@fryske-akademy.nl

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