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Experiencing Multiculturalism in Greek-Cypriot Primary Schools
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Partasi, Evgenia – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2011
Within the context of a monocultural and monolingual education system, this paper seeks to explore and compare the experiences of Cypriot and non-Cypriot pupils in Greek-Cypriot primary schools with culturally diverse pupil populations. The concept of multiculturalism has been introduced only very recently in Cyprus and there has been little…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Monolingualism, Foreign Countries
Using the "Improper" Language in the Classroom: The Conflict between Language Use and Legitimate Varieties in Education. Evidence from a Greek Cypriot Classroom
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Ioannidou, Elena – Language and Education, 2009
This paper examines the tensions created in a Greek Cypriot primary classroom between the legitimate variety of the school, Standard Modern Greek, and the home variety of the students, the Greek Cypriot Dialect. Ethnographic data are presented to indicate that language use in the classroom, contrary to what language policy-makers argue, is…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Dialects, Language Usage, Ethnography
Inclusive Education Policies and the Feasibility of Educational Change: The Case of Cyprus
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Liasidou, Anastasia – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2007
Given the ecumenical pleas and legislative imperatives for more inclusive educational policy and practice, Cyprus has been steadfastly heading towards the realignment of its educational legislation towards a more inclusive discourse. This has been especially true after the implacable criticisms that the UNESCO report cast on the Cyprus educational…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Educational Legislation, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
English Teaching Profiles from the British Council: Burma, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Lesotho, New Zealand, Pakistan, Qatar, Malaysia.
British Council, London (England). English Language and Literature Div. – 1983
The role of English and the status of English language instruction is reported for Burma, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Lesotho, New Zealand, Pakistan, Qatar, and Malaysia. The profile for each country contains a summary of English instruction within and outside of the educational system, teacher supply and qualifications,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials
The Semantic Adaptation of Turkish Loanwords in Cypriot-Greek.
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Pavlou, Pavlos Y. – 1993
This paper examines the Turkish origins of a number of Cypriot-Greek words, explaining how some of these words have undergone a semantic shift. Words of Turkish origin can be divided into three classes: (1) culturally borrowed, those words that introduced a new concept into Cypriot-Greek and have no purely Greek equivalent; (2) doublets, those…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects
English Teaching Profiles from the British Council Language and Literature Division: Updates and Supplements.
Burdines Dept. Stores, Miami, FL. – 1980
Reports on the role of English and English instruction in 10 countries are updated. Recent developments in literature instruction are reported for Austria, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, the Netherlands, Thailand, and Tunisia. Among the topics summarized are the role of English instruction in the educational systems of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Role