Trilingualism in Malta: Social and Educational Perspectives  

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Sciriha, Lydia

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Full Text) vol. 4 no. 1 (2001), page 23 — 37.
Fulltext: Vol. 4, No. 1,23 — 37.pdf (189.69KB)

Isi artikel

Malta’s two official languages,Maltese and English, are both vestiges of the island’s former colonisers.Maltese children are taught the country’s two official languages as soon as they start school. Furthermore, at secondary school level all children are required to learn, in addition to English and Maltese, at least a third and preferably a fourth language. This paper seeks to discover the reasons behind Maltese children’s selection of languages. In the choice of language, persons do not simply select an instrument formutual understanding and communication. Language is used to define worldviews and construct meanings about the speakers and the geo-political reality around them. What do the results of a large-scale linguistic survey conducted by the present author in 1999 reveal about the popularity of the languages on offer?Why is it that although the country’s indigenous language, Maltese, is a variety of Arabic, fewif any respondents choose to learn Arabic?

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