Publications

Mercator European Research Centre's annual report for the year 2016

Research report, commissioned by the European Parliament, containing an in-depth comparative analysis of thirteen in European minority language case studies with regards to education. Specific attention is directed to best practices, vocational education, career perspectives, and recommendations on how the EU can support minority languages in education.

Thesis concerning the regulation of Frisian public media services in regards to the commitments made by the Netherlands via two instruments: the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

Mercator European Research Centre's annual report for the year 2015

(in Dutch). Report commissioned by the Province of Fryslân to critically appraise the earlier TaalUnie report Nederlands op z'n BESt. It offers a different perspective on the position of the Dutch language in education on Bonaire.

January 2016: discussion paper that provides a list of initiatives that currently share online their knowledge on minority languages.

Report describing the use of written Frisian on social media by the Frisian population in the Netherlands.

Mercator European Research Centre's annual report for the year 2014

This report explores chances for and expected consequences of inclusion of Bildts in the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages. It Bildts is a minority language spoken in the Northwestern part of the province of Fryslân in the Netherlands with some 6,000 native speakers.

Mercator European Research Centre's annual report for the year 2013

Report about the use on social media of the Frisian language by Frisian teenagers in the Netherlands.

This report focuses on English language teaching in school, and English outside of school (exposure to English and English language use). It is one of the six reports resulting from the joint project of the Fryske Akademy and the University of the Basque Country: "The added value of multilingualism and multilingual education". It

This reports discusses teachers in the multilingual classroom in primary education. This is one of the six reports resulting from the joint project of the Fryske Akademy and the University of the Basque Country: "The added value of multilingualism and multilingual education".

Mercator European Research Centre's annual report for the year 2012

Report of the Expert Seminar on Early Language Learning, 2012, with focus on the early language learning situation in Europe, on research outcomes and products of the Poliglotti4.eu project so far, on policy-recommendations and on the challenges for the future of early language learning.

This report discusses multilingualism in secondary education in two minority language regions: the Basque Autonomous Community, and the province of Fryslân. This is one of the six reports resulting from the joint project of the Fryske Akademy and the University of the Basque Country: "The added value of multilingualism and multilingual education".

Reports developments concerning trilingual primary education in minority language communities in the European Union. This study is essentially an update of the study which reflected the situation at the turn of the century (Beetsma 2002). The publication shows that the situation in various regions during the last decade has changed greatly.

This monograph consists of three parts. The first part describes the history and position of the Frisian language. The second part depicts the general educational context in the Netherlands and Fryslân. The last part describes the multilingual situation in Frisian education. This is one of the six reports resulting from the joint project of the Fryske Akademy and the University of the Basque...

Report describing the effectiveness of the trilingual school model in Fryslân (in Dutch).

The aim of the Digital Library of European Minority Languages-project was to develop a digital library to index, classify and catalogue scientific sources concerning European minority languages and knowledge of and from academic researchers.