Mandated Research

The Institute carries out mandated research and evaluation projects:

Evaluation of the language course offer in Fribourg

After the positive outcome of the first Cantonal Integration Programme (CIP), the Confederation commissioned the cantons to implement the second CIP (running from 2018 to 2021). Considering that...

Verification of the attainment of the Basic Competences in foreign languages at the end of compulsory schooling (ÜGK/COFO 2020)

Commissioned by: Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education

The Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK) planned to verify how well students are mastering the...

Competences in French as a foreign language in the Passepartout region

Commissioned by: BERNbilingue https://www.bernbilingue.ch/

The basis of this report, commissioned by the association BERNbilingue, is a systematic...

fide Quality Commission of the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

In 2009, the Institute drew up the “Framework curriculum to promote language skills of migrants” and followed up by making a key contribution to developing fide, the Swiss system to...

Regional and minority languages in diaspora communities

On behalf of the Lia Rumantscha (umbrella organisation of all Rhaeto-Romanic associations), the Institute reviewed and assessed sociolinguistic literature to identify potential measures to foster...

Results-based evaluation of French teaching in the 6th class (H8) in the six Passepartout cantons

The six Swiss cantons located along the German-French language border (Bern, Basel Landschaft, Basel Stadt, Fribourg, Solothurn and Valais) have issued an inter-cantonal agreement on a new concept...

Verification of the attainment of the basic competences 2017 (ÜGK 2017) in the first language at the end of primary school: task development

Commissioned by: Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK)

In the spring of 2017, the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education conducted the first ever...

Analysis of the standing of German in Fribourg and its possible status as an official language

Commissioned by: Ville de Fribourg

The standing of German in the Canton and City of Fribourg has been a topic of public debate for decades. Currently, French and German are...

Evaluation of Foreign Language Teaching in Central Switzerland

This project was dedicated to measuring students' compentences in French in the skills listening, reading, speaking and writing by the end of primary school as well as by the end of the 8th class...

Quality management system for fide language courses

The SEM had issued a mandate to the Institute of Multilingualism to develop a quality strategy for fide language courses. The purpose of...

AME (Accueil, Migration, Ecole)

Commissioned by: Département de l’instruction publique, de la culture et du sport of the Canton of Geneva

The goal of the project mandated by the department of education of...

Language Rich Europe

Project managed by the British Council, co-financed by the European Commission, (EU Nr. 511780-LLP-1-2010-1-UK-KA2-KA2NW)

This pan-European...

Developing instruments to promote language skills of migrants (fide)

Commissioned by: Federal Office for Migration. Financed by the Swiss Confederation’s “crédit d’intégration”

Promoting the integration of migrants in Switzerland is a...

Evaluating Rumantsch Grischun at school

Commissioned by: Canton of Graubünden

This mandate from the cantonal government in Graubünden concerned the follow-up of introducing the newly consolidated written language...

Three-nation cooperation in the international diplomas for German as a foreign language (DaF)

The three German-speaking countries in Europe have developed a cooperation to revise and develop international diplomas for German as a foreign or second language – a very...

Framework curriculum to promote language skills of migrants

Commissioned by: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), financed by the Swiss Confederation’s “crédit d’intégration”

This project commissioned by the State Secretariat for...

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Mandated Research