Three Languages of Instruction in Fryslân
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4178337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Durk Gorter (0000-0001-8379-558X, Fryske Akademy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 2005 |
| Issue | 171 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ijsl.2005.2005.171.57 |
| OpenAlex | W2082733149 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
Three languages play an important role in the province of Fryslân: Frisian as the minority language spoken by a majority of the population, Dutch as the dominant language in society, and English as an increasingly important additional language. The position of Frisian as a language for teaching is marginal at all levels of education. Although it is an obligatory language for all primary schools, there is only a small percentage of schools that use Frisian as a medium of instruction. Even when attitudes toward Frisian seem positive, English and in particular Dutch are perceived as more important languages to learn. A promising experiment with trilingual education has shown the possibilities for using three languages as languages of instruction. Multilingualism in the curriculum is an important challenge for education in Fryslân
Curriculum · Linguistics · Multilingualism · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2011 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |