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FEL Theme FEL-conference “Endangered Languages and Language Learning”

The Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) will organise its Twelfth conference in the Netherlands in association with the Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning and the Fryske Akademy. It takes place from 25 – 27 September 2008 in the conference centre of the Fryske Akademy, It Aljemint in Leeuwarden/Ljouwert.

The Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) exists to support, enable and assist the documentation, protection and promotion of endangered languages. One of the possibilities to reach this is to bring specialists together during conferences.

The conference will be organised and sponsored in the framework of the jubilee program KNAW 200, the bicentenary celebration of the foundation of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1808.

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Database of Experts

Already 300 Experts subscribed the Database of Experts! The Mercator Research Centre is still in search of more Experts. This database creates an easy and quick access to all expertise in the field of European minority languages and it facilitates contacts and cooperation amongst colleagues in this domain. In the mean time 300 experts in the field of European minority languages, bilingualism and multilingualism, language learning, education and language policy subscribed.

Network of Schools

The Network of Schools' mission is to create a platform for multilingual schools in minority regions within the European Union in order to facilitate the exchange of information and experiences.

Endangered Languages

The work on Endangered Languages (Phonetics and Ethnolinguistics) at the Fryske Akademy and the Mercator Research Centre is focused on the study of language contrasts, language contact and language change. We investigate the phonetic aspects of languages and dialects of minority and regional languages, in particular those of the Russian Federation and neighbouring countries. This work is supported by grants from the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), the Organisation INTAS of the European Union, the British Library, Japanese Foundations and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd.

Regional dossiers

The Regional dossiers describe the position of lesser-used languages in education, give information on national and regional education systems and include the latest statistics regarding lesser-used languages in education in the European Union.

The Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning (Mercator Research Centre in short) aims at the acquisition, circulation and application of knowledge. The Mercator Research Centre gathers and mobilises expertise in the field of language learning at school, at home and through cultural participation in favour of linguistic diversity of Europe. The Mercator Research Centre is an independent and recognised reference centre for policymakers and professional workers in the field of multilingual education and language learning. The Mercator Research Centre brings Europe to Fryslân and Fryslân to Europe.

 

 



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