Project overview

This project focuses on new speakers of West Frisian in the province of Fryslân, in the north of the Netherlands. The project outputs include research-informed teaching materials for Afûk educators, a research report for the Province of Fryslân, and a research-informed language promotion campaign.

Duration: 11/06/2020 - present

Funding: Province of Fryslân

The objective of OWL+ is to innovate in curriculum building for and about endangered languages by contextualising them within the big picture of language diversity in Europe and by providing stakeholders with practical tools to help them foster the transmission of the language.

Duration: 01/02/2022 - 31/12/2024

Funding: Erasmus+

Women in Wikipedia (WikiWomen) will bring together schools, Wikipedia foundations and language organisations in minority language regions of Europe to use Wikipedia as a tool to teach digital literacy, social engagement and language skills.

Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024

Funding: Erasmus+

This project aims to empower teachers of all subjects to integrate GCE goals (Global Citizenship Education) with a plurilingual approach into their regular teaching.

Duration: 01/09/2020 - 31/08/2023

Funding: Erasmus+

This project focuses on high-quality qualification and networking structures for professional development for junior researchers in the field of language education and plurilingualism.

Duration: 01/09/2018 - 31/08/2021

Funding: Erasmus+

Holi-Frysk 2.0 is the successor of Holi-Frysk 1.0. Holi-Frysk 1.0 showed that using multilingualism in the classroom was of added value to the pupils and their development. The wish to continue this project with more and improved activities, more schools and structured research on the effects of these activities on attitudes, proficiency and didactics, led to Holi-Frysk 2.0.

Duration: 01/09/2019 - 31/12/2020

Funding: Provinsje Fryslân

This project focuses on the development of an innovative multididactic approach which teachers can use in the classroom in any (multilingual) situation.

Duration: 01/09/2018 - 31/12/2021

Funding: Erasmus+

This project promotes and develops sustainable measures for language revitalization and maintenance. Key words: Collaborative Research, Community Engagement and Innovative Educational Tools.

Duration: 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021

Funding: Marie Skłodowska-Curie RISE / Horizon2020

This project focuses on and develops courses for youth workers, who are well situated to advise young people on how capitalizing on their minority language skills can help them in their search for work.

Duration: 01/10/2017 - 30/09/2019

Funding: Erasmus+

This project aims to design and implement effective training tools for enhancing key skills and competences of both highly skilled refugees and the language teachers who work with them, and thus enhance employability and societal integration.

Duration: 01/09/2017 - 31/08/2018

Funding: Erasmus+