2012

ICLASP 13

Leeuwarden, Fryslân, the Netherlands

Cor van der Meer Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning

Brisbane, 16 – 19 June 2010

Overview

• Mercator Research Centre / Fryske Akademy

• Activities & Research

• 2012 ICLASP conference Fryslân, Netherlands

Fryske Akademy

Mercator Research CentreObjectives

• Scientific research

• Information centre

• Platform function

• Goals: creation, dissemination and application of knowledge

• Education

• Research reports

• Articles

• Newsletters

• Regional dossiers series

- 40 language descriptions

- Update every 5-7 years

- Online available

Publications

www.networkofschools.eu

Network of Schools

• > 90 members

• > 30 language communities

• 15 EU member states

• News bulletins

• Website:

- teaching materials

- projects

• 18-20 May: Mercator Network conference: “Media Convergence and Linguistic Diversity: How can the creative industries contribute to language vitality in a multiplatform environment?”, Aberystwyth

• 3-4 June: “Added Value of Multilingualism and Multilingual Education”, Ljouwert, organised in cooperation with the Basque Ministry of Education, Leeuwarden

• 18-19 November: conference of European Universities Network on Multilingualism (EUNoM), Leeuwarden

Conferences in 2010

Fields of research

• Added value of multilingualism and multilingual education

• Informal learning and promotion of reading in families & households.

• Effectiveness of educational policy in Fryslân

• Language acquisition

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

The Netherlands

Fryslân

Well-known outside Fryslân