Divergent Orientations to Greek and its Teaching in an Australian Greek School

Autor/inn/en	Bradshaw, Julie; Truckenbrodt, Andrea
Titel	Divergent Orientations to Greek and its Teaching in an Australian Greek School
Quelle	In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 6 (2003) 6, S.439-457 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-0050
Schlagwörter	Private Schools; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Language Teachers; Greek; Language Proficiency; Teaching Methods; Language Maintenance; Language Role; Student Motivation; Language Attitudes; Questionnaires; Interviews; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Private school; Privatschule; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Grieche; Griechisch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sprachpflege; Schulische Motivation; Sprachverhalten; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Australien
Abstract	The Greek community in Australia attempts, with reasonable success, to maintain Greek language proficiency in succeeding generations, but attitudinal barriers within the community may be impeding the process. A study of the stakeholders (primary and secondary staff, parents, students and management) of one Greek independent school in Melbourne reveals shared values but also extensive diversity in perceptions. Data drawn from interviews, questionnaires and observations allow the construction of profiles of staff, on the basis of which distinct communities of practice can be identified within the school. These groups show divergent orientations to the role of Greek in the school and the status of Australian Greek in general. The teachers are also divided on who has the right to teach the language, and which language teaching methodology should be used. The views of parents and students are also discussed. Both groups express strong language loyalty, but among the students this does not appear to translate into motivation in class. (Contains 7 tables and 3 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10