Publications

Publication details [#51539]

Paciotto, Carla. 2009. What do I lose if I lose my bilingual school? Students' and teachers' perceptions of the value of a Slovene language maintenance program in Italy. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 12 (4) : 449–475.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual acquisition | language and culture | language maintenance | language of instruction | minority language

Language as a subject

Italian | Slovene

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper explores secondary school teachers' and students' perceptions of the impact of (longstanding) Slovene mother-tongue medium schools in Italy on Slovene minority language maintenance and academic achievement in the Slovene minority and dominant Italian language.