Language awareness and didactics of multilingualism in Portuguese-Hunsruckisch contact contexts

Authors

  • Karen Pupp Spinassé Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
  • Maria Lidiani Käfer Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v22i42.33478

Keywords:

Language Awareness. Hunsruckisch. Language Policy. Didactics of Multilingualism. Language Attitudes.

Abstract

Hunsruckisch is one of the most widely spoken immigration languages in Brazil, having already become official in two Brazilian cities (Antônio Carlos, in Santa Catarina, and Santa Maria do Herval, in Rio Grande do Sul). In general, therefore, some actions in the field of linguistic policies and linguistic rights have been taken, in order to promote the respect towards the linguistic and cultural diversity of the contact regions Hunsruckisch-Portuguese. Among these actions are some research projects that investigate both the language practices and the attitudes present in these regions, seeking to collaborate in maintaining the language and the identity that were inherited from the immigrants. Thus, the present article brings some results of a research carried out in two schools of different Hunsruckisch speaking communities, whose purpose was to use linguistic awareness to arouse sensibility and respect to different varieties. The aim of this work was to identify ways that contribute to the development of positive attitudes towards the linguistic diversity (including, in this case, minority languages), thinking the foundations for a didactics of multilingualism, that use local languages and culture in order to rich other languages of interest.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.2017n42a898

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Author Biographies

  • Karen Pupp Spinassé, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

    Doutora pela Technische Universität Berlin. Professora na UFRGS. Coordena os cursos de alemão do Núcleo de Ensino de Línguas em Extensão da UFRGS e os cursos da UFRGS no âmbito do Programa Idiomas sem Fronteira – Alemão do MEC. Trabalha, principalmente, com aquisição bilíngue da linguagem, didática de ensino de línguas estrangeiras e com o ensino do alemão no Brasil em contextos de imigração.

  • Maria Lidiani Käfer, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

    Mestre em Letras pela UFRGS, na área de Linguística Aplicada. Participou como pesquisadora voluntária do Projeto binacional ALMA-H (Atlas Linguístico-Contatual das Minorias Alemãs na Bacia do Prata: Hunsrückisch). Foi integrante do Grupo de Estudos da Escrita do Hunsrückisch e atuou como professora de língua alemã no Núcleo de Ensino de Línguas em Extensão da UFRGS.

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Published

2017-07-13

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 42 (2017): Immigration, language practices and language policies

Section

Language Articles

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Language awareness and didactics of multilingualism in Portuguese-Hunsruckisch contact contexts. (2017). Gragoatá, 22(42), 393-415. https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v22i42.33478