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ERIC Number: ED650300
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 64
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1570-1239
EISSN: N/A
Corsican: The Corsican Language in Education in France, 3rd Edition. Regional Dossier Series
Jean-Marie Arrighi
Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning
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, and policies have gradually strengthened the institutional support for the Corsican language. Today, French-Corsican bilingual education is most prevalent in pre-school (reaching 59% of all pre-school children in Corsica) and primary school (51%), dropping to 26% in lower secondary education (French: collège), after which bilingual education is virtually non-existent. Corsican is a mandatory subject in pre-school (3 hours per week) and primary school (typically 1.5-3 hours), while this is optional for students in secondary education and beyond (59% choose Corsican in lower secondary education and 13% in higher secondary education, with instruction for 3 hours per week). Every Regional Dossier begins with an introduction about the region in question, followed by six chapters that each deal with a specific level of the education system (e.g. primary education). Chapters 8 and 9 cover the main lines of research into education of the minority language under discussion, and the prospects for the minority language in general and in education in particular, respectively. Chapter 10 provides a summary of statistics. Lists of (legal) references and useful addresses regarding the minority language are given at the end of the dossier.
Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning. Fryske Akademy, P.O.Box 54, NL-8900 AB Ljouwert, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-58-213-1414; Fax: +31-58-213-1409; e-mail: mercator@fryske-akademy.nl; Web site: http://www.mercator-research.eu
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Adult Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Fryske Akademy (Netherlands); Province of Fryslan (Netherlands)
Authoring Institution: Fryske Akademy (Netherlands), Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning
Identifiers - Location: France
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A