Een overzicht van Mercators activiteiten

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The LANGSCAPE & ENROPE Online Colloquium will be a space for presenting and discussing on-going research and teaching projects related to plurilingualism and education.

With news about, among other things, a Historic agreement on Alghero Catalan, a new research department at the Sorbian Institute, a research that shows that language is the 4th reason for discrimination in Barcelona, the IndyLan app to save minority European languages is out funding, a questionnaire on the Gaelic and Scots and Scottish Languages Bill, and much more!

Robert McKenzie (Northumbria University, UK) - 'Measuring implicit and explicit attitudes and attitude change: Evaluations of BATH use in England'

Mercator/ Fryske Akademy onderzoeker Ydwine Scarse - 'The dynamics between recognition, policy and practice concerning West-Frisian in the Netherlands'

This article presents a questionnaire-based study conducted in the Dutch province of Fryslân, which investigates new speakers’ (n=264) use of the local minority language – West Frisian – and the role that traditional speakers play in new speakers’ activation. Qualitative and quantitative data show that new speakers use West Frisian only very rarely; and when they do use it, it is mainly in the classroom. Minority language interactions outside the classroom, with traditional speakers, consist...

GCMC's aim is to empower teachers of all subjects to integrate Global citizenship education (GCE) goals with a plurilingual approach into their regular teaching.

In this report, we provide an overview of existing Language Technology (LT) for West Frisian, with reference to the language data, tools, and services listed in the European Language Grid. Since LT is central in our everyday lives, such as in spell checkers, search engines, translation software, and virtual assistant technology, it is essential that not only national or majority languages, but also regional or minority languages enjoy digital equality and a high level of digital vitality – a...

With news about, among other things, official UN communication to France over discrimination against territorial languages, CoE condemns aggression Russian Federation, a FUEN platform around minority language teaching, Northern Catalonia agrees with the French state that all students can learn Catalan, a 'Language Plan' in Wallonia to increase employment rate, and much more!

Mercator/ Fryske Akademy onderzoeker Ydwine Scarse neemt deel aan het discussiepanel 'Language protection in the EU as a citizen’s right'