scholarly journals Attitudes to the Polish language of Polish youth minority living in Eišiškės

2021 ◽  
pp. 512-525
Author(s):  
Kinga Geben ◽  
Aneta Borisewska
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
The Common ◽  
At Home

The aim of the article is to analyze language attitudes expressed by young people belonging to the Polish ethnic minority living in Eišiškės. The material for this research was collected in 2020 by student Aneta Borisevska on the basis of a survey developed in the project “Sociolinguistic map of Lithuania: city and town (2013)”. The results of the survey show that the Polish language is assessed ambiguously by the respondents: the common Polish language is considered prestigious and necessary for contacts in Poland, but the Polish dialect is considered mixed and unsuitable for use in Vilnius or Poland. Young respondents state that they will need the Lithuanian language the most to study and work in Lithuania. In Eišiškės, there is a tendency to use the Lithuanian language more widely, the Polish dialect it is mostly spoken at home and with acquaintances.

scholarly journals Minor harassments: Ethnic minority youth in the Nordic countries and their perceptions of the police

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mie Birk Haller ◽  
Randi Solhjell ◽  
Elsa Saarikkomäki ◽  
Torsten Kolind ◽  
Geoffrey Hunt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Ethnic Minority Youth ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Police Interactions ◽  
Police Practices

As different social groups are directly and indirectly confronted with diverse forms of police practices, different sectors of the population accumulate different experiences and respond differently to the police. This study focuses on the everyday experiences of the police among ethnic minority young people in the Nordic countries. The data for the article are based on semi-structured interviews with 121 young people in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. In these interviews, many of the participants refer to experiences of “minor harassments” – police interactions characterized by low-level reciprocal intimidations and subtle provocations, exhibited in specific forms of body language, attitudes and a range of expressions to convey derogatory views. We argue that “minor harassments” can be viewed as a mode of conflictual communication which is inscribed in everyday involuntary interactions between the police and ethnic minority youth and which, over time, can develop an almost ritualized character. Consequently, minority youth are more likely to hold shared experiences that influence their perceptions of procedural justice, notions of legitimacy and the extent to which they comply with law enforcement representatives.

Living on the Edge: The Marginalisation and ‘Resistance’ of D/Deaf Youth

10.1068/a3572 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gill Valentine ◽  
Tracey Skelton
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Young People ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Structure And Agency ◽  
Personal Stories ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Common ◽  
At Home

In this paper we examine D/deaf young people's sociospatial transitions from childhood to adulthood. We begin by identifying the common processes through which D/deaf young people may become marginalised in four spaces: at home, in educational institutions, in the workplace, and within Deaf communities. We then go on to consider how these shared predicaments may however result in different outcomes for individuals by focusing on four personal stories. These case studies enable us to consider what resources and forms of social support or assurance can help young people to be resilient in the face of the difficulties that they encounter, and what sort of experiences advance or aggravate processes of marginalisation. We conclude by reflecting on notions of individualisation, structure, and agency; and by outlining the practical and policy implications of the research.

scholarly journals Looking for the traces of Polish heritage on the map of Ukraine. Linguistic educational game

2021 ◽  
pp. 297-302
Author(s):  
Barbara Januszkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Educational Game ◽  
Board Game ◽  
The Past ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
The Common ◽  
Game Board

The article describes the idea for an educational game Polskie dziedzictwo na mapie Podola (Polish Heritage on the Map of Podolia) aimed at learning Polish as foreign language using a historical map. The article presents a map (as a game board) that was drawn up by a 17th-century cartographer Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan. The map of Podolia provides a starting point for preparing scenarios of educational classes that would present historic figures, places, events and architectural monuments connected with Poland. The game is supposed to enhance the interest in learning Polish and teach respect for the common historical and cultural heritage, as well as encourage young people to study the past and discover their ‘personal homeland’. The author of the article suggests to use the board game as part of teaching the Polish language, which would certainly make linguistic education more attractive.

Translanguaging in Polish minority schools in Ukraine and Lithuania

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-248
Author(s):  
Kinga Geben ◽  
Maria Zelinska
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Mixed Culture ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
Culture Environment ◽  
Linguistic Behaviour ◽  
Linguistic Attitudes

Summary This paper is based on newly collected data from the research project on translanguaging and language attitudes carried out in Lviv and Horodok, Ukraine and in Vilnius, Lithuania. The data covered in the article consists of 90 responses from students at Ukrainian and Lithuanian Polish minority schools. The study involves a description and contrast of the Polish communities in Ukraine and Lithuania, and analysis of the sociolinguistic peculiarities of the Polish language, focusing on translanguaging in the daily use of several languages by members of Polish ethnic minority schools. It aims to report the linguistic behaviour tendencies. The study shows that different state and school language policy contexts are characterised by varying linguistic attitudes and language proficiency. The paper reveals the importance of translanguaging for maintaining the Polish language within a mixed culture environment.

PP40 An Ethnic Minority Cohort of Young People – Feasibility of follow-up in Early Adulthood?

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A64.3-A65
Author(s):  
Z E Enayat ◽  
U M Read ◽  
O Molaodi ◽  
A Cassidy ◽  
S Harding
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Early Adulthood

Key Concepts in Social Pedagogy — or How to See Everyday Life in Children's Residential Homes From a Social Pedagogical Perspective

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 214-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Holthoff ◽  
Lotte Junker Harbo
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Zone Of Proximal Development ◽  
Zone Model ◽  
Proximal Development ◽  
Joint Activity ◽  
Residential Homes ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Paper Work ◽  
The Common

“Now I can actually play soccer with the young people without fearing that my colleagues think I am escaping the paper work.”These were the words from a participant in a social pedagogy training course in England a few years ago. This understanding emerged through in-depth discussions and activities around key social pedagogical concepts, such as the ‘common third’, the ‘3Ps’, the ‘zone of proximal development’ and the ‘learning zone model’. In this article we will explore how a joint activity, for example, playing soccer, can be seen as a pedagogical activity and with what intentions it is undertaken to make it pedagogically purposeful.

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