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--- languages:aromanian_in_the_balkans [2018/04/18 13:22] – [History of language education:] annika_klein
+++ languages:aromanian_in_the_balkans [2018/04/18 13:37] – [Online learning resources] annika_klein
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 ====== Education of the language ======
 ===== History of language education: =====
-Please describe the history of the language's presence in:
-  * the country's school system;
+**__Presence of the language in the country's school system__**
-  * published, broadcasted, or online learning resources.
 **Greece**
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   * Between the two world wars and until 1948 Greece accepted Romanian schools (preschool, primary and secondary schools) within its territory, in the north of Greece (in cities: Thessaloniki, Veria, Edessa and Grevena and in various Aromanian villages in Ipiros and Macedonia mostly Pindos and Grammos mountain ranges). These schools hosted many Aromanians but the education was in Romanian rather than in Aromanian.
   * The Aromanian language disappeared from all educational levels until 1996, when an Aromanian course was introduced at the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. This attempt to teach the Aromanian language was made by professor-linguist Ntinas Konstantinos but the effort did not have a follow-up (it lasted from February 1996 to June 1997; the target group were students and scientists).
+**__Published, broadcasted, or online learning resources__**
   * Beis, S. (2000). Le parler aroumain de Metsovo: description d' une langue en voie de disparition (The Aromanian language of Metsovo: description of an endangered language) Ph.D. Thesis, Paris: Universite Paris V
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   * Bulgaria has not signed the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. According to the Constitution of Bulgaria political parties may not be created on the basis of ethnicity. Minorities are not recognised. Nevertheless organisations of ethnic groups are officially registered. A "National Council for Collaboration on Ethnic and Demographic Problems" exists to the Council of Ministers, in which almost all ethnic groups are presented (incl. Aromanians).
+**Greece**
+  * Greece has not signed the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
+  * The law doesn't make any provision for the teaching of the language but it is not strictly forbidden either.
+  * The law does not allow for Aromanian to be used as medium of instruction in school.
+  * The law does not state that teaching the language or using it as medium of instruction is compulsory.
+The Greek authorities do not recognise Aromanians as a different ethnic group, considering them rather as "Vlach- (or Latin-) speaking Greeks".
+Nor is Aromanian used in the judicial and administrative fields or the media, apart from the occasional showing of folk dances and songs on television and radio.
+Greece has a Pan-Hellenic Union of Vlach Cultural Associations, which was set up in 1985 and comprises some 100 local associations, which conduct a wide range of cultural activities in several different fields. However, the Pan-Hellenic Union of Vlah Cultural Associations has not promoted up until now the revitalization, study and teaching of the Aromanian language. Only very recently was the creation of a committee for the language preservation announced.
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+**Greece**
+There is no institutional support for education of the language.
 ==== Language learning materials: ====
+There are very few learning materials developed by the Aromanian Associations.
 ===== Education presence =====
 To what extent is language education available in the area under scrutiny:
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   * Aromanian is not taught at Bulgarian Universities.
+**Greece**
+  * The language is not taught in schools.
+  * Some Aromanian Associations are actually teaching the language. Each association tries to teach the local variety of its region. Teachers are usually native speakers of the Aromanian language without scientific background in the teaching process and the creation of educational material and teaching corpus.
+  - Aromanian Associations teaching Aromanian language in Greece:
+Aromanian Association of Athens. Teaching from 2016 – now. Class: twice per month, target group: adults. (30 students). Each lesson consists of three parts: language teaching, song teaching (with emphasis on lyrics as a language teaching component) and dance. The teaching curriculum is in the 2 major dialects Pindean and Farsherot. https://www.facebook.com/groups/268915336877997/
+  - Aromanian Association of Veria. Teaching from 1990 – now. Almost 3 groups per week. Classes: once per week, target group: adults & children (separate groups). (30 students per group) http://www.vlahoi.gr/
+  - Aromanian Association of Anilio – Metsovo. Teaching from 2012 – now. Class: once per week, 2 groups, target group: children. (almost 20 students per group)
+  - Aromanian Association of Aetomilitsa. Teaching from 2015 – now: In Thessaloniki city. Class: twice per week, target group: adults. (25 students)  http://www.aetomilitsa.com/
+  - Aromanian Association (Aromanians from Perivoli village) of Magnisia. In Velestion city. Teaching from 2015 – now. Class: once per week, target group: mostly children (30 students) https://www.facebook.com/groups/97418088367/
+  - Aromanian Association of Distrato. From 2013 – now. In Konitsa city. Class: once per week. Target group: adults. (20 students)
+  - Aromanian Association of Krania Aspropotamou. From 2014 – now. In Trikala city Class: once per week. Target group: adults. (20 students). Summer school for children in Krania village (20 students).
+  * The language is not used as medium of instruction.
+  * There is no school system with respect to multilingualism.
+  * Aromanian associations depend on demand; they offer courses for both children and adults.
+  * The language cannot be studied at university level.
+  * Education helps to preserve the Aromanian language. The majority of Aromanians in Greece have no opportunity to interact in Aromanian. The number of children exposed to the language is decreasing. Some of the reasons are: a) it is spoken mainly by elder people in the villages; b) young people living in the big cities do not use it to communicate on their daily activities; c) very often Greek is the main language of communication between the members of Aromanian families. Therefore, the education of the language has a huge contribution to language preservation and revitalization. It creates an environment where the language is spoken.
+  * Outside of school the language is only spoken in Aromanian villages and small cities and mostly between the members of the family and during the communication with elderly people.
 **Romania**
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   * http://anveatsaarmaneashti.com/invata-online (project financed by EEA grants)
+  * http://www.vlahoi.net/images/pdf/1996.Mathimata-koutsovlahikis.pdf
 Online dictionary:
   * http://www.dixionline.net/
+  * http://www.freelang.net/online/aromanian.php
+  * http://www.freelang.net/dictionary/aromanian.php
+  * http://www.jargot.com/dict/armaneasca/
+  * https://www.vlahoi.net/greek-vlach-dictionary
+  * https://www.vlahoi.net/dictionary
 Some basics:
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   * http://www.armanami.org/blog/cultura-armanasca/cursuri-ti-scriari/lectsiili-2-shi-3/
   * http://www.armanami.org/blog/cultura-armanasca/cursuri-ti-scriari/lectsiili-10-shi-11/
+  * https://www.vlahoi.net/