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<p>This paper describes the history, presence, actions and perspective of Slovene language teaching and learning in Italian primary mainstream schools in the province of Trieste as an extraordinary opportunity <italic>–</italic> after 30 years of Slovenia’s independence and almost 25 years of open borders <italic>–</italic> to reflect on the role of Slovene as a minority and foreign language among the majority population of neighbouring Italy, on the interethnic relationships it fosters, and on its potential to become an element of identity awareness development within the process of identity formation for both the kin state Slovenia homeland and the Slovene community in Trieste.</p>
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This paper describes the history, presence, actions and perspective of Slovene language teaching and learning in Italian primary mainstream schools in the province of Trieste as an extraordinary opportunity – after 30 years of Slovenia’s independence and almost 25 years of open borders – to reflect on the role of Slovene as a minority and foreign language among the majority population of neighbouring Italy, on the interethnic relationships it fosters, and on its potential to become an element of identity awareness development within the process of identity formation for both the kin state Slovenia homeland and the Slovene community in Trieste.

Slovene as a Minority and Foreign Language in Italian Mainstream Schools in the Province of Trieste

Treatises and Documents, Journal of Ethnic Studies / Razprave in Gradivo, Revija za narodnostna vprašanja

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This paper describes the history, presence, actions and perspective of Slovene language teaching and learning in Italian primary mainstream schools in the...

Slovene as a Minority and Foreign Language in Italian Mainstream Schools in the Province of Trieste

Published Online: Sep 29, 2023

Page range: 27 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36144/rig88.jun22.27-47

Keywords
Slovene as FL/L2, neighbouring languages, border regions, language policy

© 2022 Irina Moira Cavaion, published by Sciendo

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

Slovene as a Minority and Foreign Language in Italian Mainstream Schools in the Province of Trieste

Published Online: Sep 29, 2023

Page range: 27 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36144/rig88.jun22.27-47

KeywordsSlovene as FL/L2, neighbouring languages, border regions, language policy

© 2022 Irina Moira Cavaion, published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
Slovene as FL/L2, neighbouring languages, border regions, language policy