Forward: AILA symposium

[Harold Schiffman]

AILA 2008 SYMPOSIUM: Multilingualism and minority languages:
achievements and challenges in education

Convenors:

Jasone Cenoz, University of the Basque Country,

Durk Gorter, Ikerbasque-University of the Basque Country



This symposium focuses on European minority languages which are
'unique' languages in one state (Irish, Welsh, Frisian) or spread over
more than one state (Basque, Catalan).

The symposium will discuss the results of research conducted on
bilingual and multilingual programs. It will look at the results of
research studies on language (language proficiency in the majority,
minority and other languages) and academic outcomes and attitudes and
discuss them as compared to monolingual programs. It will also examine
the challenges of teaching through a minority language in a changing
world such as globalization and the spread of English, specific
educational challenges faced by minority languages or immigration.



PROGRAM



The declining role of primary schools in language maintenance and
language revitalisation in Ireland

John Harris, Trinity College Dublin



Current challenges in bilingual education in Wales

Gwyn Lewis, ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Bangor



Achievement and challenges in bilingual and multilingual education in
the Basque Country

Jasone Cenoz, University of the Basque Country, Donostia-San Sebastian



Language-in-education policies in the Catalan language area: models,
results and challenges

F. Xavier Vila i Moreno, University of Barcelona



Frisian language education in a European perspective

Cor van der Meer, Fryske Akademy, Ljouwert/Leeuwarden



Discussion


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