ERIC Number: EJ1296306
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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One, Two or More? -- An Examination of the Apparition of Language and Discourse in a Finnish Landscape of Primary Education
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, v24 n5 p708-722 2021
This article sets out to analyze how landscape functions in an educational context. It examines how landscape functions as an irreducible totality and as a nexus of discourse. The article focuses on the materialization of de jure and de facto discourses pertaining to languages in a primary level school in Southwest Finland. It also examines the role of different landscape participants in relation to the materialized discourses. Therefore the purpose of this study is to render visible, not the visible (Klee 1920, 28), focusing not on appearances but on the apparition of materialized discourses (Schein 1997). In order to achieve that, the article provides a concise examination of the relevant core concepts, discourse, discourse materialized and landscape. The results indicate the materialization de jure and de facto discourses on monolingualism and bilingualism, pertaining to Finnish and English. Teachers and staff are largely responsible for the materialization of these discourses.
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary School Students, Monolingualism, Bilingualism, Finno Ugric Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Role, Foreign Countries, Municipalities, Urban Areas, Semiotics, Multilingualism, Language Usage, Language Planning, Legislation, Content and Language Integrated Learning, National Curriculum, Second Language Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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