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<p>Education is one of the defining areas of language policy, as on this level we can track the features of the practical implementation of language ideologies. In my study, I deal with the question of teaching the official language, i.e. Romanian, in schools where the working language is Hungarian. I outline a summing-up situation based on the macro indicators (following demographic, environmental aspects), then focus on the micro level related to the question under discussion, namely to what is happening in the classroom, paying special attention to the organization of the linguistic resources in classroom interaction. In order to have a deeper understanding of the phenomenon, I analyse 25 structured reflective diaries and try to identify what kind of local interpretations are there for code-switching in the classroom and what individual solutions are used by different teachers for organizing the learning process.</p>
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Education is one of the defining areas of language policy, as on this level we can track the features of the practical implementation of language ideologies. In my study, I deal with the question of teaching the official language, i.e. Romanian, in schools where the working language is Hungarian. I outline a summing-up situation based on the macro indicators (following demographic, environmental aspects), then focus on the micro level related to the question under discussion, namely to what is happening in the classroom, paying special attention to the organization of the linguistic resources in classroom interaction. In order to have a deeper understanding of the phenomenon, I analyse 25 structured reflective diaries and try to identify what kind of local interpretations are there for code-switching in the classroom and what individual solutions are used by different teachers for organizing the learning process.

Language Use during Romanian Classes in Bilingual Settings. A Qualitative Approach

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

Department of Human Sciences, Miercurea Ciuc

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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Education is one of the defining areas of language policy, as on this level we can track the features of the practical implementation of language ideologies....

Language Use during Romanian Classes in Bilingual Settings. A Qualitative Approach

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 1 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2021-0010

Keywords
classroom interaction, bilingualism, acquiring Romanian L2, structured reflective diary, code-switching

© 2021 Erika-Mária Tódor, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Language Use during Romanian Classes in Bilingual Settings. A Qualitative Approach

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 1 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2021-0010

Keywordsclassroom interaction, bilingualism, acquiring Romanian L2, structured reflective diary, code-switching

© 2021 Erika-Mária Tódor, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
classroom interaction, bilingualism, acquiring Romanian L2, structured reflective diary, code-switching