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1. Pour une ecole ouverte aux langues. Actes du Collogue organisi par le Centre de Contact Suisses-Immigres (CCSI) (Geneve, Suisse, le 19 novembre, 1994) = Toward a School Open to Languages. Proceedings of a Colloquium of the Centre de Contact Suisses-Immigres (CCSI) (Geneva, Switzerland, November 19, 1994).

Author

French Inst. for Research and Educational Documentation, Neuchatel (Switzerland). and Goumoens, Claire de

Abstract

The proceedings of a Swiss conference on languages in education include: a brief preface about the conference topic; summaries in French, Albanian, German, English, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese; background information on the conference; statistics on the home and community languages of Swiss elementary and secondary school students; the conference introduction, "Pour une education bilingue" (Toward Bilingual Education) presented by Anna Lietti; notes on parent language use in Albanian and Italian communities; teachers' perceptions of language use in Spanish, Portuguese, Bosnian, and Albanian communities; six research papers; text of a roundtable discussion concerning the challenge of opening schools to diverse languages; a conference summary; and a list of relevant journals. The papers include: "Une experience interculturelle a l'ecole primaire de la Chaud-de-Fonds" (a primary school experiment at Chaud-de-Fonds) (Philippe Moser); "Une experience d'eveil aux langues" (a language awareness experiment) (Christiane Perregaux); "Un projet interculturelle a l'ecole du Mail a Geneve" (an intercultural project at a Geneva school) (Sylviane Magnin Hottelier); "Une ecole privee bilingue allemand-francais" (a private German-French bilingual school) (Henri Moser); "Une experience anglais" (an English experiment) (Daniele Moore); and "Les bibliotheques interculturelles dans les ecoles" (intercultural libraries within schools). Contains 44 references. (MSE)

Published
1995

2. Vivre Babel au quotidien (Living Babel Every Day).

Author

Institut Romand de Recherches et de Documentation Pedagogiques, Neuchatel (Switzerland). and Merkt, Gerard

Abstract

A discussion of multilingualism in Switzerland begins with a description of the country's linguistic characteristics. Historical Swiss policy recognizing four official languages, one of which (Romansch) is spoken by very few people, is compared with the current situation in which internal and external migration and multilingualism are common. The minimal role of the schools in helping manage this situation is criticized, but increased efforts to improve education's role are noted, particularly in the areas of bilingual education and language immersion. Three educational models are described briefly. The first allows students to repeat their last year of compulsory schooling in another area of the country. The second model focuses on maintenance of Romansch. The third is two-way bilingual education. Based on current conditions and predicted trends, some possible directions for Switzerland are explored. (MSE)

Published
1994

3. Le Schwyzertutsch 5e langue nationale? (Is Swiss German a Fifth National Language?)

Author

Commission Interuniversitaire Suisse de Linguistique Appliquee (Switzerland). and Redard, Francoise

Abstract

These papers on the subject of the Swiss German language examine the status and attitudes of the Swiss German speaker, the reaction of other linguistic communities to Swiss German, and the necessity and/or possibility of learning Swiss German. The following articles are included: (1) "Le 'Schwyzertutsch': ecran ou lien? (Is Swiss German a Screen or a Link?)," by G. Bauer; (2) "Entre dialecte et langue (Between a Dialect and a Language)," by W. Haas; (3) "Die Regelung der Beziehungen zwischen den schweizerischen Sprachgemeinschaften (The Regulation of Relationships among the Swiss Linguistic Communities)," by R. Viletta; (4) "Pour une integration des dialectes alemaniques dans l'enseignement de l'allemand en Suisse romande (Toward the Integration of Germanic Dialects into the Teaching of German in French-Speaking Switzerland)," by G. Merkt; (5) "Le Schwyzertutsch: l'opinion tessinoise (Swiss German: A Tessinois Opinion)," by D. Robbiani; (6) "Mundart und Hochdeutsch au bernischen Primarschulen (Dialect and Standard German in Berne Primary Schools)," by H.-R. Egli; (7) "Die Einstellung der Ratoromanen zum Schwyzertutsch (The Attitude of the Romanche-Speaking People toward Swiss German)," by B. Cathomas; and (8) a concluding summary by M. Schwander. (AMH)

Published
1981