Language Learning and Intercultural Education: Barriers and Prospects in the Cypriot Context

Autor/inn/en	Hajisoteriou, Christina; Angelides, Panayiotis
Titel	Language Learning and Intercultural Education: Barriers and Prospects in the Cypriot Context
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 18 (2017) 3, S.241-263 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-7506
DOI	10.1080/14664208.2016.1246844
Schlagwörter	Barriers; Multicultural Education; Immigrants; Acculturation; Educational Policy; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Greek; Teacher Education; Educational Change; National Curriculum; Policy Analysis; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Planning; Turkish; Cultural Context; Elementary Secondary Education; Cyprus + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Multikulturelle Erziehung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Akkulturation; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Grieche; Griechisch; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Bildungsreform; Politikfeldanalyse; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sprachwechsel; Türkisch; Zypern
Abstract	The main goal of this study is to examine the barriers and prospects of intercultural education in Cypriot schools of the southern part of the island with regard to not only learning the language of the reception country, but also the language of origin. Taking this as the point of departure, this study aims to explore the content and goals of Cypriot policy, its contradictions, and transformation regarding this issue. The analysis draws upon policy documents collected from the Ministry of Education and Culture and interviews carried out with Cypriot policy-makers. The Ministry has initiated an educational reform, including a reform of the national curriculum, towards a more intercultural orientation. Despite Cyprus being officially a trilingual country, intercultural education policies in the south part of Cyprus almost exclusively relate to Greek-language teaching, promoting cultural assimilation. The absence of a coherent policy, along with inadequate teacher training, and collaboration between schools and migrant families are further impediments to intercultural education. To this end, promoting migrants' inclusion requires the re-conceptualisation and re-structuring of Cypriot education and schooling. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01