Segregation in Language Education

This book sets out to try to understand why segregated schooling still exists, especially in northern Italy in South Tyrol where they practice 'separate but equal' education. Supported by the UN, the Austrian and Italian governments, the province is considered a 'peace model' due to its consociational approach to dealing with the region's Nazi and Fascist past, which has led to a 'negative peace'. The autonomy statutes, which derived from this 'peace', resulted in an education system that is linguistically segregated for the purposes of protecting South Tyrol's ethnolinguistic minorities.

Broken into two parts, the book begins with the background history of the province, before describing the region's geographical layout, demographics, local identity, and its three-part schooling system. By examining responses to South Tyrol's education system, and its impact on local group dynamics, this book explores the implications that segregated schooling may have on second language acquisition. This case study will be of interest to students and scholars of Italian studies, anthropology, linguistic ethnography, sociolinguistics, and second language education.

Provides as an anthropological twist to sociolinguistic debates on language learning and language identity Questions the intentions of the education clause and its long-term consequences for the South Tyrolean community Looks at 'mixed' marriages, where members from different communities produce bilingual, and trilingual, children

Autorentext
Ann Wand is a European anthropologist and study abroad specialist, specialising in South Tyrolean education. She is also the Founder and Director of The Oxford Method, an online British university preparatory programme for international students interested in attending Britain's top universities.

Inhalt

1. Chapter 1: The Prologue.- Part I - 2. Chapter 2: *Willkommen in Südtirol.-* 3. Chapter 3: From Fascist Occupation to the 21st Century.- 4. Chapter 4: Heimat, disagio, and South Tyrolean Identity.- Part II - 5. Chapter 5: Deconstructing the German- and Italian-speaking Schooling Systems. 6. Chapter 6: Language Learning 'Blocks': Its Victims and its Conquerors.- 7. Chapter 7: Varied Responses to Bilingual Education.- 8. Chapter 8: Final Thoughts. <p