Titel
From policy to practice: how schools implement German language support policy in Austria
Autor*in
Marie Gitschthaler
Kirchliche Padagogische Hochschule Wien/Krems
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Abstract
In 2018/2019, the Government of Austria instituted a new language support model to Austrian schools that included segregated language support measures for non-fluent German-speaking students. The central research aim of the paper is to investigate how the implementation of this new language support model compares to the policy requirement by examining different models of implementation. In the framework of the initial phases of the project ‘A multi-perspective study on German language support’, 12 interviews with German language support teachers and school principals were conducted. Following a prototypical case study analysis, four models of implementation were identified: (1) Segregationmodel, (2) Mixed segregated and integrated model, (3) Individualized language support, and (4) Inclusive support model. Given that thisis the first study in Austria to show the concrete implementation models of German language support in schoolsFindings highlight important implications for school principals and educational policy makers.
Stichwort
Language educationsecond
language learninglanguage
supportlanguage
introduction programmultilingualismGerman
language support classes
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
Erschienen in
Titel
Current Issues in Language Planning
Band
25
Ausgabe
2
ISSN
1466-4208
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Seitenanfang
176
Seitenende
192
Publication
Informa UK Limited
Projekt
Kod / Identifikator
P 35113-G
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Zugänglichkeit
Rechte
Rechteangabe
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