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Title Details:
Community-language development among minority-group children
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
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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.
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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