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Pedagogical Problems and Symbolic Values in the Language Curriculum--The Case of the German Minority in Denmark.
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Sondergaard, Bent; Byram, Michael – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1986
Discusses the role played by German schools in Denmark in the maintenance of the minority's identity and describes those constraints and tensions which are due to the symbolic value of German. The interrelationship of pedagogical problems and potential solutions with the perceptions fundamental to the minority group's identity are highlighted.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Problems, Educational Policy
Decline and Fall of an Individual Bilingualism.
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Sondergaard, Bent – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1981
Presents case study involving the attempt by parents to raise their children to be bilingual in Danish and Finnish as example of internal and/or external difficulties preventing development of the bilingualism of a child. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Danish, Finnish
Switching between Seven Codes within One Family--A Linguistic Resource.
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Sondergaard, Bent – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1991
Code switching is analyzed as part of a "familylect," which is code switching as it occurs in the spoken language of a multilingual family with four members. Seven different language codes are involved. Through a linguistic and extra-linguistic analysis, an attempt is made to answer three questions connected with code switching: when, how, and…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Danish, Dialects, English (Second Language)
Problems of Pedagogical Continuity within a Minority.
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Sondergaard, Bent – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1990
Discusses the educational situation and lack of educational continuity in the language of instruction in North Slesvig, Denmark. (JL)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Danish, Foreign Countries, German