Mercator Education and the situation of Friesland Cor

Mercator – Education and the situation of Friesland Cor van der Mercator–Education/Fryske Akademy Lesser used languages in Estonia and in Europe Roosta, 30 september 2005 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Overview • Mercator-Education - Typology - Regional Dossiers - Digital Library - Network of Schools • The situation in Friesland Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Mercator • Mercator-Legislation (Barcelona/CIEMEN) • Mercator-Media (Aberysthwyth/University of Wales) • Mercator-Education (Ljouwert/Fryske Akademy) • European Buro for Lesser Used Languages (EBLUL) Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Mercator - Education Q & A service Research Databases Regional dossiers Digital library project Network of schools Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

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Differences in size 200 2. 000 20. 000 280. 000 2 M 7 M ta n ia h is rg ) (I bu n la ta m xe ic al Ca G Lu Ca n ia is fr er t Sa h is rn Co Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

The European Union Regional or minority languages - Language policy: The European Commission's Action Plan for Language Learning and Linguistic Diversity Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

EU-based typology Unique minority languages a) Welsh, Frisian, Galician b) Catalan (E, I, F), Basque (E, F) Minority languages with a ‘kin-state’ a) German (B, Dk, F, I), French (I), Slovene (Au, I) b) Ukranian (Sl, Pol) Special cases a) Luxemburgish, (Maltese) b) Romani, Yiddish Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Variables for strength • • Family Community Cultural reproduction Prestige Legitimation Institutionalisation Education Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Regional Dossiers www. mercator-education. org More than 30 cases Available at the website of ME Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

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 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Educational provisions strong medium weak Basque (E) Catalan Galician Irish (Irl) Luxembourgish Swedish Welsh Asturian Corsican Frisian Gaelic German (B) German (F) German (I) Irish (N. Irl) Ladin Meankieli Slovenian (A) Slovenian (I) Sorbian Turkish Cornish Croatian Kashubian Basque (F) Breton North Frisian Occitan Sami Scots 7 14 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005 9

Language as a subject (near) complete Basque (E) Catalan Frisian Galician German (B) Irish (Irl) Luxembourg -ish Swedish Welsh large part (>50%) small part (<50%) Corsican Croatian Gaelic German (F) German (I) Slovene (I) Asturian Basque (F) Breton Irish (N. Irl) Kashubian Ladin Meankieli North. Frisian Occitan Sorbian Sami Slovene (A) Turkish 9 6 13 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005 optional/extra -curricular Cornish Scots 2

Medium of instruction ≥ half subjects Basque (E) Basque (F) Breton Catalan Galician Gaelic German (B) German (F) German (I) Irish (Irl) Irish (N. Irl) Slovene (A) Slovene (I) Swedish Turkish Welsh 16 some subjects no medium of instruct Asturian Croatian Frisian Ladin North. Frisian Luxembourgish Sami 7 Corsican Kashubian Meankieli Occitan Sorbian not applicable Cornish Scots 5 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005 2

Digital Library project - “Digibyb” a pilotproject Funded by the KNAW Focus on Frisian language Emphasis on publications Finished May 2005 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

The European MInority Language Library (EMILL) - Regional services in European minority language communities - A central service/portal - Focus on unique RML’s Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Network of schools Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Network of Schools • • > 30 Members Newsletter Website Teaching materials Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Fryslân Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Actual Frisian area Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Well-known outside Fryslân Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

44 10 27 1 2 9 6 Frisians abroad % Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Language transmission emigrants: 4 generations Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

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TERP Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Language situation Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

870 taalkaart 3. 200 1. 500 26. 300 342. 000 11. 500 634. 000 Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Home language % Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Frisian proficiency % Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Government Covenant Frisian language and culture Province Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005 State

Education - Pre-school - Primary - Secondary - Higher education Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Media Daily newspapers < 5% Frisian Radio&TV > 80% Frisian www. omropfryslan. nl = all in Frisian Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Organisational infrastructure Many organisations: Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

Linguistic Infrastructure Dictionaries Languagedatabank ‘Spell-checker’ Corpus Spoken Frisian Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005

cvdmeer@fa. knaw. nl Mercator – Education, Roosta 2005