MULTILINGUALISM AND MULTICULTURAL TEACHING IN ROMANIA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE INSIGHTS
MULTILINGUALISM AND MULTICULTURAL TEACHING IN ROMANIA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE INSIGHTS
Author(s): Mihaela Mocanu, Mihaela SterianSubject(s): Foreign languages learning
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: multilingualism; multicultural teaching; foreign/second language acquisition/early childhood; ethnic minority.
Summary/Abstract: Romania is a country with 18 officially recognized ethnic communities, the greatest being that of the Magyars which represents 6.5% of the country’s population. The Romanian Ministry of Education has started to get seriously involved and to take a lot of measures to introduce the multicultural education in schools, in partnership with many non-governmental associations such as: The Ethno-cultural Diversity Resource Centre, The Roma Community Resource Centre, The Department for Interethnic Relations of the Romanian Government or the Intercultural Institute of Timişoara. It has also provided training for the teaching staff in their teaching language, which is the language of the respective minority.
Journal: Euromentor Journal - Studies about education
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 111-118
- Page Count: 8