Pupils’ and Parents’ Opinions on Schools with Italian as the Language of Instruction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18996366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lara Sorgo (0000-0003-1842-8577, Inštitut za narodnostna vprašanja , Erjavčeva 26 , Ljubljana, corresponding author), Sonja Novak Lukanović (0000-0002-2045-788X, Inštitut za narodnostna vprašanja , Erjavčeva 26 , Ljubljana), Nives Zudič Antonič (Oddelek za italijanistiko, Fakulteta za humanistične študije , Univerza na Primorskem , Titov trg 5 , Koper) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 89 |
| Pages | 73-90 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Treatises and Documents Journal of Ethnic Studies / Razprave in Gradivo Revija za narodnostna vprašanja (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0354-0286 • E-ISSN: 1854-5181 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.36144/rig89.dec22.73-90 |
| OpenAlex | W4391411734 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
The model of education in the ethnically mixed area of Slovene Istria is designed to ensure schooling for members of the Italian national community and their children in their own language, i.e., Italian. Although also attended by pupils of other nationalities, primary schools with Italian as the language of instruction are key for the preservation of Italian culture and language. The authors present selected research findings that shed light on the opinions of pupils and their parents on whether schools with Italian as the language of instruction develop pupils’ communicative competence in both Italian and Slovene, and whether the existing model of education creates conditions that promote the pupils’ awareness of the linguistic and cultural diversity of their environment. The results of the research reveal that the majority of the respondents consider competence in several languages an added value and that the model of education is adequate and good
Communicative competence · Cultural diversity · Ethnic group · Ethnically diverse · Linguistic competence · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |