Bilingual Education on Corsica

该项目将调查科西嘉岛的双语教育。本世纪初，法语在学校里取代了原住民语言科西嘉语，但最近，科西嘉民族民族主义将科西嘉语带回了教育系统。这种双语一直是有问题的，研究人员将记录课堂互动的模式以及“嵌入其中的语言、文化和身份认同的隐含模式”。它将侧重于儿童在双语学校获得的各种语言能力和态度，以及少数群体语言技能对儿童和社区的社会后果。总体而言，该项目将分析关于科西嘉民族认同未来的集体观念，以及这些观念如何塑造和被学校教育塑造。这项研究涉及与少数民族和语言少数群体的教育有关的广泛的理论和实践问题。

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.