Bilingual Education on Corsica

该项目将调查科西嘉岛上的双语教育。本世纪初，法语在学校里取代了土著语言科西嘉语，但最近，科西嘉民族主义把科西嘉语带回了教育系统。这种双语现象一直存在问题，研究人员将记录课堂互动的模式以及“嵌入其中的语言、文化和身份的隐性模式”。它将侧重于儿童在双语学校获得的语言能力和态度，以及少数民族语言技能对儿童和社区的社会影响。总体而言，该项目将分析有关科西嘉民族身份未来的集体观念，以及这些观念如何通过学校教育形成和被塑造。该研究涉及与少数民族和语言少数民族学校教育有关的广泛理论和实践问题。

This project will investigate the bilingual education on the island of Corsica. French replaced the indigenous language, Corsican, in schools early in the century, but more recently ethnic Corsican nationalism has brought Corsican back to the educational system. This bilingualism has been problematic and the researcher will document patterns of classroom interaction and the "implicit models of language, culture and identity embedded in them." It will focus on the kinds of language competencies and attitudes children acquire in the bilingual school, as well as on the social consequences of minority language skills for the children and community. Overall, the project will analyze collective notions about the future of Corsican ethnic identity, and how these shape and are shaped by schooling. The research address broad theoretical and practical issues related to the schooling of ethnic and linguistic minorities.