Research Article

Language Maintenance and Multilingual Education: The Case of the Circassian Language in Israel / Dilin Korunması ve Çok Dilli Eğitim: İsrail'de Çerkes Dili Örneği

Volume: 5 Number: 9 November 30, 2019
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Language Maintenance and Multilingual Education: The Case of the Circassian Language in Israel / Dilin Korunması ve Çok Dilli Eğitim: İsrail'de Çerkes Dili Örneği

Abstract

Language and its significance to Circassians in Israel. The study will also assess how this case supports theoretical notions related to the role of the school system, home and community in this process. Particularly, the study aims to challenge the theoretical notion that intergenerational transmission is the core player in the process of language maintenance. Other areas of examination include the manner in which the school system assists in maintaining the Circassian language, and under what conditions the Circassian schools would be able to reverse the process of language decay. One of the main conclusions of this study is that the official school system doesn’t support the minority language as would be expected by the community, but rather prioritizes Hebrew over Circassian. However, the school staff and emerging leadership are seeking to make fundamental changes in the school curriculum to empower the Circassian language and culture.

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References

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Details

Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

November 30, 2019

Submission Date

November 8, 2018

Acceptance Date

October 25, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 5 Number: 9

MLA
Isleem, Martin. “Language Maintenance and Multilingual Education: The Case of the Circassian Language in Israel Dilin Korunması Ve Çok Dilli Eğitim: İsrail’de Çerkes Dili Örneği”. Kafkasya Çalışmaları, vol. 5, no. 9, Nov. 2019, pp. 89-114, https://izlik.org/JA63UF23XK.

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