Multilingualism and minority languages: Achievements and challenges in education
Organisers: Cenoz, Jasone / Gorter, Durk
U of the Basque Country · Spain, U of Amsterdam · Netherlands
This symposium focuses on European minority languages which are ‘unique’ languages in one state (Irish, Welsh, Frisian) or spread over more than one state (Basque, Catalan). It will look at the results of research studies on language and academic outcomes and attitudes It will also examine the challenges of teaching through a minority language in a changing world.
Contributors to Symposium:
Cenoz, Jasone · Achievement and challenges in bilingual and multilingual education in the Basque Country (U of the Basque Country · Spain)
Harris, John · The declining role of primary schools in language maintenance and language revitalisation in Ireland (Trinity College Dublin · Ireland)
Lewis, Gwyn · Current challenges in bilingual education in Wales (ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Bangor · UK)
Vila i Moreno, F. Xavier · Language-in-education policies in the Catalan language area: Models, results and challenges (U of Barcelona · Spain)
Meer, Cor van der · Frisian language education in a European perspective (Fryske Akademy, Ljouwert/Leeuwarden · Netherlands)