Language policy issues in the Dutch community school in Athens
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Dec 20, 2024
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bilingualism language policy language planning, community school, Dutch
Abstract
The present study investigates the Dutch community school in Athens which is attended by students who come from a family with at least one Dutch parent. Community schools are organised educational units within immigrant communities residing in host countries with a dominant language different from their language of origin and aim, in the majority of cases, both in the Greek and international context, at the linguistic preservation of the 'minority' language, the language of origin. Also, the enrolment of children in community schools is considered a strong linguistic practice on the part of families with an immigrant background, in the context of the theory of 'family language policy'. At the same time, language policy and planning (LPP) is considered an important factor contributing to language maintenance and, in this light, the Dutch community school in Athens is examined in this paper: how the Dutch language and its teaching is perceived in the context of this community school and the families whose children attend this community school, and what issues of language policy and language planning arise. To explore these questions, interviews were conducted with parents and teachers at the school. The analysis of the data highlighted the language planning and targeting of the community school, which differs from other cases of community schools in Greece.
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Hliopoulou, A., Maligkoudi, C., Kantzou, V., & Androulakis, G. (2024). Language policy issues in the Dutch community school in Athens. Dialogoi! Theory and Praxis in Education, 10, 220–237. https://doi.org/10.12681/dial.35799
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