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Thursday 10 May
  • 9.00 hrs     Registration
  • 9.30 hrs     Welcome & opening by prof. Reinier SALVERDA,
    director of the Fryske Akademy
  • 9.40 hrs    Welcoming address by dr. G.O. van Veldhuizen, chair of the Netherlands’ delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRAE) of the Council of Europe
  • 9.45 hrs     Prof.dr. Durk GORTER – Introduction
  • 10.00 hrs    Key note speaker dr. Albertes  MULDER, rapporteur at the Council of Europe; member of the Executive of the Province of Fryslân
  • 10.30 hrs    coffee break
  • 11.00 – 13.00  hrs  
    Theme 1: Common goals and minimum standards
    Presentations of examples fitting to the level ii: “substantial part” / iii: “integral part” of the curriculum (article 8 of the European Charter on Regional or Minority Languages) with regard to the setting of core goals and the level of language command.
  • 13.00 – 14.30 hrs    Lunch
  • 14.30 hrs    Key note Speaker prof. Jarmo LAINIO, member of the committee of experts of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages
  • 15.30 hrs – 17.00 hrs    
    Theme 2: Levels of ratification in practice
    Various levels of ratification of article. 8 Education of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages (“substantial part” / “integral part”) in relationship to education models, quality of teachers and the continuity of teaching and learning.
  • 17.15 hrs    Reception in the City Hall by mr.dr. Geert DALES,
    mayor of the City of  Leeuwarden / Ljouwert.
  • 19.00 hrs   Conference diner in restaurant Koperen Tuin in the garden Prinsentuin

Friday  11 May
  • 9.00 hrs   Key note speaker  Jelle BANGMA, director of the ‘Taalsintrum Frysk’ at the School Guidance Institute CEDIN
  • 9.30  – 11.00 hrs    
    Theme 3: Language acquisition in a multilingual context
    (at home, at school, in the peer group)

  • 11.00 – 11.30 hrs    kofje/coffee
  • 11.30 – 13.00 hrs   
    Theme 4: Education models and the curriculum in multilingual school
    Special emphasis on the early start of trilingual schooling
    Models of bilingual / trilingual education and the expected results of them.
    Education models and the curriculum in multilingual schools
  • 13.00 hrs    Lunch
  • 14.00 – 15.30 hrs   
    Theme 5: Integrated language policy at school
    What does mean “integrated language policy” in educational practice?
    Which need for research projects can be expressed for the improvement of integrated language practice?
  • 15.30 - 16.00 hrs    Cor VAN DER MEER - Conclusions and setting the agenda
   
   
   
   
   




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