Cosa de tots? : language, identity and power in 1990s Catalonia
This thesis is an investigation of and reflection on aspects of the process of acquisition of Catalan as a second language through attendance at the adult education classes provided on a subsidised basis by the Catalan government, through the Consorci per a la Normalitzaei6 LingO/stiea. Its subject matter is the language situation in Catalonia, not the phenomenon of adult education in its own right. However, in line with the tenor of the above quotation, its origins are based on the assumption that learners, whether adults or nor, manifestly do not approach the learning process in a vacuum and that exploration of the perceptions and attitudes of some of those studying in this particular context would be of interest in furthering understanding of the dynamics of the process which they embark on. The group in question is an important one, partly because the programme which they are involved one is a large one - more than 275,000 people registered for courses at a Centre de Normalitzaei6 LingOfstiea between 1991 and 1998 (Consorci per a la Normalitzaci6 lingOistica 1998a) - and partly because the majority of these are L 1 Castilian speakers and as such in one sense representatives of approximately half, and potentially
Atkinson, David Jonathan
Linguistics
Cosa de tots? : language, identity and power in 1990s Catalonia. This thesis is an investigation of and reflection on aspects of the process of acquisition of Catalan as a second language through attendance at the adult education classes provided on a subsidised basis by the Catalan government, through the Consorci per a la Normalitzaei6 LingO/stiea. Its subject matter is the language situation in Catalonia, not the phenomenon of adult education in its own right. However, in line with the tenor of the above quotation, its origins are based on the assumption that learners, whether adults or nor, manifestly do not approach the learning process in a vacuum and that exploration of the perceptions and attitudes of some of those studying in this particular context would be of interest in furthering understanding of the dynamics of the process which they embark on. The group in question is an important one, partly because the programme which they are involved one is a large one - more than 275,000 people registered for courses at a Centre de Normalitzaei6 LingOfstiea between 1991 and 1998 (Consorci per a la Normalitzaci6 lingOistica 1998a) - and partly because the majority of these are L 1 Castilian speakers and as such in one sense representatives of approximately half, and potentially
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