ERIC Number: ED452714
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: 40
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Breton: The Breton Language in Education in France. Regional Dossiers Series.
ar Mogn, Olier, Comp.; Stuijt, Mark, Comp.
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 arrangements, support structures, and qualitative information on a number of schools, teachers, pupils, and financial investments. This information is designed to serve the needs of policy makers, researchers, teachers, students, and journalists as they assess the developments in European minority language schooling. This information may also serve as a first orientation towards further research (additional readings are suggested and contact information provided). Specifically, information is provided on preschool, primary, secondary, vocational, higher, and adult education, as well as a review of educational research, summary statistics, and overall prospects for the use of the language under study. The subject of this dossier is Breton. Breton, or Brezhoneg, is an indigenous Celtic language spoken mainly in the West of Brittany and the cities of upper Brittany. Traditionally, it had been the language of Brittany, but the linguistic border gradually moved West. It is most closely related to Welsh and Cornish and is made of up of four dialects. A modern unified form without a geographic basis has evolved in the past 50 years. (Contains 32 references.) (KFT)
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, Educational Policy, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, French, Heritage Education, Language Maintenance, Language Minorities, Language Planning, National Programs, Native Language Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Uncommonly Taught Languages
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Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Policymakers; Students; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: European Commission, Brussels (Belgium).
Authoring Institution: Fryske Academy, Leeuwarden (Netherlands). Mercator-Education.
Identifiers - Location: European Union; France
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