The Integration of Regional or Minority Languages in the European Higher Education Area

The Integration of Regional or Minority Languages in the European Higher Education Area

Galician as a Case Study

  • Author: María Luz Suárez Castiñeira, Alexandre Gaiferos Parrado Freire
  • Publisher: Universidad de Deusto
  • Serie: Verde - Serie Letras
  • ISBN: 9788498303094
  • eISBN Pdf: 9788498303094
  • Place of publication:  Bilbao , Spain
  • Year of publication: 2011
  • Pages: 100

 The Integration of Regional or Minority Languages in the European Higher Education Area. Galician as a Case Study presents an in-depth analysis of the data received in response to a questionnaire sent to higher education institutions across Europe, with provision including Galician language and culture. This study is indicative of the changes affecting the teaching of regional or minority languages at university level as a result of the process of convergence of higher education systems in Europe.

  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Untitled
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The global diaspora of the Galician language and its culture
    • 1.1. Galician emigration as a global phenomenon
    • 1.2. Links between Galicia and the Galician diaspora
    • 1.3. The role of the emigrant Galician centres in supporting the Galician language and culture inside and outside Galicia
  • Part II. The role of Galician and other regional or minority languages in the European construction
    • 2.1. The European institutions as a backdrop for the progressive introduction of a new linguistic model in Europe
    • 2.2. The Status of non-official languages of the European Union
    • 2.3. The status of Galician and other regional languages of Spain
  • Part III. The integration of Galician into higher education institutions outside Galicia
    • 3.1. The Xunta de Galicia’s external projection policy for the Galician language and culture
    • 3.2. The Xunta de Galicia’s external policy for the projection of Galician in the context of the European Charter for Regional or minority Languages
    • 3.3. The Xunta de Galicia’s external projection policy. Measures regarding language and culture
    • 3.4. The network of Centres for Galician Studies in higher education institutions outside Galicia
    • 3.5. Analysis of the data from a survey carried out in the Centres for Galician Studies at universities outside Galicia
      • 3.5.1. Approaches
      • 3.5.2. Departments hosting the Centres for Galician Studies, course nature and provision
      • 3.5.3. Student Numbers
      • 3.5.4. Student Motivation
      • 3.5.5. Contact hours, levels achieved and official certification
      • 3.5.6. Research and promotion activities
      • 3.5.7. Material and bibliographical resources
      • 3.5.8. The Galician language after the creation of the European Higher Education Area
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Annexes
    • Annex . 1Questionnaire on the teaching and learning of Galician at universities outside Galicia
    • Annex 2. European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
  • Authors

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