An overview of our past activities

This Regional Dossier is the third and fully updated edition of the dossier 'The Slovene language in education in Austria'. This Regional Dossier was updated in 2023 by Ursula Doleschal. Doleschal, PhD, is full professor of Slavic linguistics and head of the writing centre at the University of Klagenfurt (Austria). The first (1997) and second (2005) editions of this Regional Dossier were written by Brigitta Busch.

This Regional Dossier is the second and fully updated edition of the dossier 'The Lithuanian language in education in Poland'. This Regional Dossier was updated in 2023 by Jowita Niewulis-Grablunas, PhD and Piotr Grablunas, PhD (both working at the Institute of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Unique Languages and Literatures at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland). The first edition of this Regional Dossier was written by Dr Tomasz Wicherkiewicz in 2005.

This Regional Dossier is the third and fully updated edition of the dossier 'The Basque language in education in France'. This Regional Dossier was updated in 2023 by Beñat Lascano, PhD. He is a teacher of Basque in secondary education in Iparralde and holds a doctorate in Basque studies. The first edition of this Regional Dossier was written by Mark Stuijt in 1998, and the second edition by Daniel Sanchez in 2007.

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...

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...

Ruth Kircher and Lena Zipp edited the book 'Research Methods in Language Attitudes'. It provides an overview of traditional & cutting-edge research methods for the study of language attitudes: it helps researchers choose an appropriate method and guides them through research planning, design, data collection, and analysis.

This Regional Dossier is the second and fully updated edition of the dossier 'The Latgalian language in education in Latvia'. This Regional Dossier was updated in 2022 by Sanita Martena (Lazdiņa), Heiko F. Marten, and Ilga Šuplinska, based on the first edition compiled by Heiko F. Marten, Ilga Šuplinska, and Sanita Lazdiņa in 2008/2009.

Policymakers and communities play an essential role in supporting bilingual babies’ Language Learning! Find out what they & you can do, in this new blog post by Mercator researcher Ruth Kircher and her colleagues from Concordia Infant Research Laboratory & Princeton University.

Mercator researchers Anna Fardau Schukking and Ruth Kircher have published a new blogpost about the challenges faced by refugees, and what host societies can do to help them re-build their careers.

In this extensive report on 2021, the Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning is looking back on its activities. These activities can be divided into research, documentation services, the application of research outcomes, (international) events and (joint) projects.