Projects per year
Abstract
This article examines the perception of the use of non-German languages in Austrian schools from the perspective of students and teachers. By differentiating between teachers, students with exclusively German L1 and students with a non-German L1, different perspectives on language change in group work situations are examined. For this purpose, data was collected via online questionnaires, semi-structured guided interviews and focus group discussions between students. The results show that switching to another language in group work settings is perceived as inappropriate especially by those students who have no competence in a non-German language. Moreover, they associate switching with poorer performance in class and interpret the use of a non-German language in class as an action specifically directed against themselves (“gossiping”). In contrast, – and contrary to the assumption that they evaluate language switches in the classroom more negatively due to stricter normative views – teachers show a consistently more positive perception of code- switching behaviour and its multilingual speakers. It can be concluded from these findings that multilingualism in the school context and its overall benefits should not only be addressed in teacher training, but that it would also be useful to raise students' awareness of these issues.
Translated title of the contribution | Perceptions of and attitudes towards the use of non-German first languages in the classroom |
---|---|
Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 249-282 |
Number of pages | 34 |
Journal | Zeitschrift für Angewandte Linguistik |
Volume | 2024 |
Issue number | 81 |
Early online date | 1 Aug 2024 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 27 Aug 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2024 bei den Autorinnen und Autoren, publiziert von De Gruyter im Auftrag der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik 2024.
Keywords
- German in Austria
- multilingualism
- Language attitudes
- Language perceptions
- language of instruction
- language bias
Fields of Science and Technology Classification 2012
- 602 Linguistics and Literature
Projects
- 1 Active
-
Perceptions of and Attitudes towards Varieties and Languages at Austrian Schools
Elspaß, S. (Principal Investigator), Fuchs, E. N. (Co-Investigator), Papaioannou-Rusch, Y. (Co-Investigator) & Buchner, E. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/20 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
-
Perceptions, attitudes and actual usage in the context of internal and external multilingualism at schools in Austria
Elspaß, S., Rusch, Y. & Buchner, E., 12 Jun 2024, (Accepted/In press) Variation in language as a resource in language teaching. Mächler, P. & Moser, A.-M. (eds.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, 25 p. (Thema Sprache – Wissenschaft für den Unterricht).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding/Legal commentary › Conference contribution › peer-review
-
Varietätenkonzeptionen und Wahrnehmung schulischen Sprachgebrauchs aus Sicht österreichischer Schülerinnen und Schüler
Zenz, D. & Elspaß, S., 10 Apr 2024, (Accepted/In press) Dialekt in der Lehre: Sprachdidaktische und varietätenlinguistische Perspektiven . Hochstädt, C. & Schweigkofler-Kuhn, A. (eds.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 307-330 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding/Legal commentary › Chapter in Book › Research › peer-review
-
Erwerbstrajektorien von Varietätenkompetenz in der Zweitsprache: Eine temporal-relationale Perspektive auf das Aneignungsverhältnis standardsprachlicher und bairisch-dialektaler Merkmale.
Wirtz, M. & Fischlhammer, L., 28 Mar 2024, In: Zeitschrift für Angewandte Linguistik. 2024, 80, p. 181-209Translated title of the contribution :Acquisition trajectories of varietal proficiency in the second language: A temporal-relational perspective on the developmental relationship between standard German and Austro-Bavarian dialect features Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
- 1 Oral presentation
-
Wahrnehmungen von und Einstellungen zu Varietäten und Sprachen an österreichischen Schulen – (vorläufige) Ergebnisse eines Projekts
Elspaß, S. (Speaker)
10 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › science to science / art to art