Full Description
Polish as a Heritage Language Around the World provides a timely insight into Polish diaspora communities around the world and their endeavours in heritage language maintenance and education.
This edited collection depicts and analyses the unique challenges associated with the intergenerational transmission of Polish as a language that has not had high visibility and status in the surrounding society. Chapters within the volume examine how these circumstances impact the maintenance of the heritage language and affect the capacity to support biliteracy development among younger generations of speakers.
Offering an overview of key concepts and theoretical issues, practical pedagogical guidance, and field-advancing suggestions for further research, Polish as a Heritage Language Around the World will be of interest to researchers and instructors of Polish around the world, as well as those interested in second-language acquisition and heritage language studies.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction: The Polish Language Scattered All Over the Globe
PART I: EUROPE
Chapter 1. Changing Faces of the Polish Diaspora in the United Kingdom
Chapter 2. A Differentiated Picture of Polish in Germany
Chapter 3. The Polish Population and its Language in Sweden
Chapter 4. Polish Heritage Speakers in Norway: Attitudes, Use and Maintenance
Chapter 5. Multilingualism of the Polish Minority in Ukraine
PART II: THE AMERICAS
Chapter 6. Poles and Their Language in the US "Melting Pot": how Polish is preserved and/or lost in Chicago
Chapter 7. The Polish Language and Culture Maintenance in Canada "Scented with Resin"
Chapter 8. "We have to respect the language people speak" - Polish heritage language and its speakers in Brazil
Chapter 9. The Status of the Polish Language in the Polish Community of Argentina: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective
PART III: OTHER CONTINENTS
Chapter 10. The Presence of the Polish Language in the Polish Diaspora Communities of North Africa: Focusing on The Aspects of Education
Chapter 11. The Polish Diaspora in the Republic of South Africa: The Case of Polish as a Heritage Language
Chapter 12. Maintenance of Heritage Language and Culture in the Polish Diaspora Communities in Australia
Bringing It All Together: The Maintenance of the Polish Language Outside of Poland
