TYPES OF FRENCH-OCCITAN BILINGUAL EDUCATION: EXPERIENCE, RESULTS, PERSPECTIVES

Abstract

This article examines possible models of bilingual education for the program “French as a regional language”, provides the legislative framework allowing to arrange this type of teaching, and describes the basic subjects of such education. The potential of bilingual education is analyzed in its relation to the general social and linguistic situation in the areas of the Occitan language use, and it is linked to such parameters as the social image of the language and the language loyalty. The article analyzes the difficulties faced while organizing this type of education and shows its perspectives.

Keywords

• sociolinguistics
• social didactics
• bilingualism
• the social image of the language
• the language loyalty
• Occitan language