Teaching Gallo at School-论文.pdf

Sino．USEnglishTeaching，ISSN 1539-8072 May2014，Vo1．11，No．5，342_349 毒 Ll譬 H lN 《 TeachingGalloatSchool C6cileH616neChristianeRey UniversityofVirginia,Charlottesville，UnitedStates ThisstudvexplorestheoriginsandcurrentstatusoftheGallolanguageatscho0l— aminoritylanguagespokenIn theeastem partofBrittany—amongolderspeakers(group1-41informants)andstudentsofGallo(group2-17 inf0舯 ants1．Thepaperdiscussesdifferentpedagogicalmethods，learningmaterials，andlearners’status·Th。most imD0rtantmissionofschoolsistoincreasepublicawarenessabouttheirlinguisticenvironmentwhichhelpseassert minoriyt identitythroughlanguageacquisitionandlinguisticmaintenance．ImplementinganeducalIonalIanguage curriculum forregionallanguagesconstitutesamain step towardsthepreservation oflingu。st。c ⅡunorIcles． AccOrdingt0theinformantsinterviewedduringthefieldwork，bothgroupsexpresspositivereact。onst0wardsthe DresenceofGa11oatschool(group l一80％；group2—92．9％)．However，infollow。updiscuss。ons，acenam numberofolderspeakersseemtobemorereluctant，becausethevarieytofGallotaughtatschoolisdifteenttr0m theonewhich wastrna smitted tothem ．In conclusion，bilingualand immersion progamsare。nceasIngly successfu1inBrittanyandcouldleadtoawiderrecognitionofEasternBrittany’Slanguageandcultue· Keyw0ds languageacquisition，representations，languagetransmission，languagepreseVati0n IntrOductiOn BIanchet(2002)andD’Herv6(2005)describedthewayGalloisperceivedatschoolamonglearnersand how itistaught．ThisresearchestablishesthatlanguagetransmissioninprivatesphereshasconsiderabIYdoPPed (e．g．，family)(No1an，2008a)．Italsoexaminestherelationshipbetwe