Title Details: | |
Community-language development among minority-group children |
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Other Titles: |
The role of family and school |
Authors: |
Chatzidaki, Aspasia Maligkoudi, Christina |
Subject: | HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS > MONOLINGUALISM/MULTILINGUALISM > MULTILINGUALISM HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS > MONOLINGUALISM/MULTILINGUALISM > BILINGUALISM HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS > FIELDS OF LINGUISTICS > APPLIED LINGUISTICS > (HUMAN) LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS > FIELDS OF LINGUISTICS > SOCIOLINGUISTICS > LANGUAGE PLANNING/POLICY HUMANITIES AND ARTS > EDUCATION AND EDUCATION SCIENCES > EDUCATION BY TYPE > BILINGUAL EDUCATION HUMANITIES AND ARTS > EDUCATION AND EDUCATION SCIENCES > EDUCATION BY TYPE > INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION HUMANITIES AND ARTS > EDUCATION AND EDUCATION SCIENCES > EDUCATION (BY GROUP) > MINORITIES GROUP EDUCATION |
Keywords: |
Community languages
Heritage languages Language maintenance Community schools Family language policy Pluralistic approaches |
Description: | |
Abstract: |
Τhis textbook focuses on bilingualism and in particular on the ways in which minority-group children develop proficiency in the language spoken by their community. It involves families in which at least one parent has an L1 different from the language which is dominant in their country of residence and wish their children to develop both these languages. In the Greek context, such groups include immigrants and refugees, Greek Roma and Muslims, as well as Greek-origin people living abroad.
The authors begin by discussing the various aspects and dimensions of bilingualism as well as issues related to the language use and education of such children. Drawing from research evidence and various theoretical frameworks on Family Language Policy, they manage to highlight the salient factors which contribute to bilingual development in such family contexts.
One of the most important factors is attendance of ‘community schools’; the term refers to -usually informal- courses in which children belonging to a minority group learn the language and culture of their parents’ country of origin outside the mainstream school. The authors use examples from Greece and other countries to discuss issues related to the organization of such schools and their objectives; the latter may include not only the development of language proficiency but also the construction of a particular ethnic identity. They also discuss how schools may attempt to achieve these aims, in the light of recent approaches to bilingualism and language education. The final chapter presents related teaching approaches (‘pluralistic approaches to language teaching’) which stress the importance of developing plural communicative repertoires and exploiting the full range of communicative resources that bilingual students possess.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Tikopoulou, Magda |
Graphic Editors: |
Tsakmaki, Eleni |
Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
Creation Date: | 23-10-2023 |
Item Details: | |
ISBN |
978-618-228-124-6 |
License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-359 |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/11004 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Chatzidaki, A., & Maligkoudi, C. (2023). Community-language development among minority-group children [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-359 |
Language: |
Greek |
Consists of: |
1. Bilingualism as a societal phenomenon 2. Defining bilingualism: definitions and limitations 3. Bilingual children in Greece 4. Family and bilingual socialization 5. Community schools: Structure and aims 6. Language development in community schools 7. Community schools and ethnocultural identity 8. Greek community schools in the diaspora 9. Pluralistic approaches and the development of community languages |
Number of pages |
248 |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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