Mandated Research

The Institute carries out mandated research and evaluation projects:

Results-based evaluation of French teaching in the 6th and 9th class (H8 and H11) in the six Passepartout cantons

Commissioned by: The Swiss cantons in the Passepartout region (as of 2018: Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education of Northwest Switzerland)

The six Swiss cantons...

Verification of the attainment of the Basic Competences in the first foreign 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 (EDK) will conduct 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