Affiliation, Engagement, Language Use and Vitality: Secondary School Students' Subjective Orientations to Welsh and Welshness

Autor/inn/en	Coupland, Nikolas; Bishop, Hywel; Williams, Angie; Evans, Betsy; Garrett, Peter
Titel	Affiliation, Engagement, Language Use and Vitality: Secondary School Students' Subjective Orientations to Welsh and Welshness
Quelle	In: International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism, 8 (2005) 1, S.1-24 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-0050
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Social Life; Welsh; Student Attitudes; Language Maintenance; Uncommonly Taught Languages; Secondary School Students; Beliefs; Ethnicity; United Kingdom (Wales) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Soziales Leben; Walisisch; Schülerverhalten; Sprachpflege; Minderheitensprache; Sekundarschüler; Belief; Glaube; Ethnizität
Abstract	The revitalisation of a minority language implies subjective as well as objective (e.g. demographic) criteria of vitality. School students of around age 16 have been identified as a key group for carrying a revitalised Welsh language through into social life. Our research profiles the feelings of ethnic affiliation and cultural engagement, and perceptions of the vitality of Welsh, of students at four secondary schools in Wales, representing different local sociolinguistic environments. Quite high levels of ethnic affiliation to Wales contrast with variable levels of reported engagement and vitality beliefs. The findings are interpreted as qualifying rather widespread positive assumptions in Wales about the revitalisation of the Welsh language among young people. (Author).
Anmerkungen	Multilingual Matters, Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon, UK BS21 7HH. Tel: +44 1275-876519; Fax: +44 1275-871673; e-mail: info@multilingual-matters.com; Web site: http://www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/journals.asp.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10