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Jean-Marie Arrighi – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2024
Corsican is a Romance language that belongs to the Italo-Romance group. Corsican has been recognised since 1974 as a regional language in France by the Ministry of National Education. The language is officially recognised by the French Constitution as belonging to the heritage of France. Over the past 25 years, several laws, decrees, regulations,…
Descriptors: Romance Languages, Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Educational Policy
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Halitoglu, Vedat – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
This study tried to determine the errors in writing samples to clarify the proficiency and deficiency of writing in the mother tongue of Turkish children who live in France. Participants in the study included 25 students who studied Turkish and Turkish culture at the level of primary and secondary public schools in Lyon, France. In the research,…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Error Patterns, Bilingual Students, Elementary School Students
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Bozavli, Ebubekir – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
Like speaking, two other important aspects of language are reading and writing. Speaking is acquired unconsciously in public while other two skills are learned at school and contribute to life-long speaking skills. The present research is to analyze mother tongue teaching at school and compare two different models, one in France, a developed…
Descriptors: French, Turkish, Questionnaires, Interviews
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Blackwood, Robert J. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2007
This paper provides a historical account of post-war state language policy within education in France, examining in particular the position and status of Corsican, one of the country's regional heritage languages. This paper outlines the treatment of Corsican by the French State and how this language management impacted upon the language beliefs…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Language Planning, Foreign Countries, History
Filliolet, Jacques; Chiss, Jean-Louis – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1980
Examines the relationship between linguistic theory and pedagogic practices in the teaching of French at the elementary school level. Discusses two trends emerging from current literature, one denouncing the remoteness of linguistic theory from psychological research findings, the other focusing on the teaching process and its need for theoretical…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Elementary Education, French, Grammar
Bertrand, Denis – Francais dans le Monde, 1993
Semiotics can be a useful tool for analysis in language learning situations. This is particularly true for delineating student comprehension and the familiarity/strangeness aspects of discourse or texts. Use of semiotics can help differentiate the problems facing learners of French as a native language from those facing learners of French as a…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, French, Linguistic Theory
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Jaffe, Alexandra – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2007
This article explores the long-standing problem of ascribing meaning to individual acts of codeswitching. Drawing on ethnographic data from bilingual classrooms in Corsica, I situate the analysis of codeswitching within the more general question of the interpretation of speaker stance, which is defined as speakers' positioning with regard to both…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Bilingual Education, Classroom Communication, Code Switching (Language)
Verdelhan, Michel; Verdelhan, Michele – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1980
Analyzes the transcript from a round table of elementary school teachers and school of education professors, to determine the teachers' needs with respect to inservice education and to study their evaluation of existing training programs. The round table participants had recently attended the Montpellier teachers' institutes. (MES)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, French, Group Discussion, Inservice Teacher Education
Guibbert, Pierre – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1980
Analyzes the impact and shortcomings of a nationwide training program for elementary school teachers initiated by the French Government in the early 70s. Questions the general policy and some aspects of these programs on the basis of the history of the Montpellier Teachers' Institute. (MES)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Elementary Education, French, Inservice Teacher Education
Aguttes, Pierrette; Le Goff, Josiane – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1980
Reports the results of an investigation on institutes for elementary school teachers inservice training, based on questionnaires directed to the trainees and the educators, and on an analysis of students' work. Focuses on various aspects of French language teaching and especially on grammar and vocabulary exercises. (MES)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Elementary Education, French, Grammar
Laroche, Jacques M. – 1999
This paper suggests that a discussion of linguistic pluralism in France begins by chronicling the emergence of French as the primary language in early French history and the role of linguistic minorities at various periods in French history. It then focuses on growing linguistic activism in the second half of the twentieth century, when the…
Descriptors: Basque, Diachronic Linguistics, English, Foreign Countries
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Loewenberg, Monica; Wass, Bob – Comparative Education, 1997
Compares educational policies and practices related to developing the linguistic competence of young immigrants in France and England, with particular reference to Toulouse and the London borough of Brent. Discusses segregationist versus integrationist approaches, effectiveness of second-language instruction, and provision of mother-tongue…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Education
Dabene, Louise – 1983
As part of the Spanish government's attempt to provide cultural and linguistic education for the sizable Spanish population in France, it organized the design of instructional materials especially suited to the 64,614 children of Spanish migrant workers living in rural and urban France. The materials were intended for use by primary and lower…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Case Studies, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education
ar Mogn, Olier, Comp.; Stuijt, Mark, Comp. – 1998
This regional dossier aims to provide concise, descriptive information and basic educational statistics about minority language education in a specific region of the European Union--Brittany. Details are provided about the features of the educational system, recent educational policies, divisions of responsibilities, main actors, legal…
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, Educational Policy, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Berthoumieux, Michel; Willemsma, Adalgard – 1997
This regional dossier aims to provide concise, descriptive information and basic educational statistics about minority language education in a specific region of the European Union--the South of France. Details are provided about the features of the educational system, recent educational policies, divisions of responsibilities, main actors, legal…
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, Educational Policy, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
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