MAZEM – Mannheim Center for Empirical Multilingual Research

The MAZEM – Mannheim Center for Empirical Multilingualism Research (in German: Mannheimer Zentrum für Empirische Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung) in Mannheim, Germany is a linguistic and educational research institute that originated at the University of Mannheim.[1] MAZEM was established as a non-profit company in Mannheim in 2011 and is still headquartered there. It is registered under the legal form of a gGmbH.[2] MAZEM conducs interdisciplinary research on early multilingualism, provides expertise on early language support and intervention to educators, institutions and policy-makers.

MAZEM – Mannheim Center for Empirical Multilingualism Research
AbbreviationMAZEM
Formation2011
TypeNGO, GmbH
PurposeResearch
Location
Director
Sonja Withopf
AffiliationsUniversity of Mannheim, Mannheim School of Humanities
Staff
50
Websitemazem.de

Research

MAZEM originated from the 2002 founded "Research and Contact Area for Multilingualism (Forschungs- und Kontaktstelle Mehrsprachigkeit) and transfers knowledge from linguistic research to pedagogical and educational practice. The research focus is on multilingual language acquisition and teaching. MAZEM also provides advice and strategic expertise to policy-makers at regional, state as well as the federal level.

MAZEM conducts interdisciplinary research focussing on sociopolitical and educational challenges in the context of multilingual language acquisition and teaching as well as German as a Second/Foreign language (DaZ/DaF).

See also

Notes and references
  1. "MAZEM – Mannheim Center for Empirical Multilingual Research". phil.uni-mannheim.de. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. "MAZEM – Mannheim Center for Empirical Multilingual Research: Profile". Firmenwissen.de. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

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