Should our language be taught in schools? – Banat-Bulgarian Collection

Ioan Vasilcin on language teaching and language use in Banat Bulgarian of Dudeștii Vechi.

For the video with Banat Bulgarian standardized orthography click here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2nFd1lIXMU

Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage (VLACH) ID-number: bana1308ROV0009a

Description:
In this interview Ioan Vasilcin raises the question on how the practice of teaching the minority's language among the Banat Bulgarian community can be improved. He highlights the fact that, although for the community members, learning the standard Bulgarian language is an important aspect of their identity and helps maintain relations with the country of origin, the BB language is not given enough space and resources in order to expand. Father Vasilcin draws on a possible solution which results in three main acts: implementing weekly classes in kindergarten and school, which can improve the prestige of the language; learning how to write according to the microlanguage's alphabet; recognizing diploma for young people who have studied in Bulgaria in order for them to feel motivated in returning to Romania and making a future in the country they were born in.

Cite as:
Nášə bənátsk' jəzík' u škúlətə – Should our language be taught in schools? Performer: Ioan Vasilcin; camera/ interview: Andreea Pascaru; interview: Thede Kahl; transcription: George Andreas-Budur, Thede Kahl, Andreea Pascaru; translation: George Andreas-Budur; editor: Ani Antonova; retrieved from www.oeaw.ac.at/VLACH, ID number: bana1308ROV0009a.

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