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Forum for minority language education

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The team of the European Union-funded Erasmus + programme OWL + is looking for secondary school teachers of Frisian. You are welcome to join the discussion at the Forum on minority language education, on Wednesday 6 November from 14:00 - 17:00 at Café De Gouden Leeuw in the Tresoar building in Leeuwarden.

As a teacher of Frisian (in training), what do you need to do your job well? Where would you need support, when it comes to passing on the use of this minority language, and everything that comes with it (culture, history, natural environment, etc.)? What would you like to pass on to teachers of other minority languages in Europe, and what could you learn from them?

Join the international exchange of experiences with minority languages in education. The event ‘Forum for minority language education - Frisian and other minority languages in Europe’ is free of charge; registration is required and can be done here.

About OWL+

In collaboration with knowledge institutes within Europe - and sometimes even beyond - Mercator is continuously working on various research projects. Currently, Mercator / Fryske Akademy is now the coordinating partner of the project 'Ownership and Leadership: Pathways for (Endangered) Languages' Use in School' (OWL+). The partners in OWL+ are the Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation (CIDLeS) (PT), Nord University (NO), Rēzekne Academy of Technologies (LV), and Tallinn University (EE)

The aim of OWL+ is to create opportunities for teachers to integrate under-resourced endangered languages ​​in their teaching activities. The project will receive funding from the European Erasmus+ program Key Action 2 Partnerships for Cooperation for a period of three years. The expertise of the members of the OWL+ consortium relates to the languages Latvian, Mirandese, South Saami and Frisian. 

The learning resources they develop for and in collaboration with the local language community are intended to raise awareness of these languages, to provide teachers with adequate information about these languages ​​and to support the integration of these languages ​​in different learning contexts. to encourage. 

More information about the project can be found on their OWL+ project website.

 

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