Essays about: "heritage language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 essays containing the words heritage language.

  1. 1. Strategies for Teaching and Maintaining Chinese as Heritage Language for Chinese Children in Sweden : An investigation for identifying strategies that Chinese parents use helping their children learn and maintain their heritage language

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Bertil Wanner; [2023]
    Keywords : Heritage language maintenance; mother tongue education; children learning Chinese; language proficiency; language maintenance; 承袭语言传承 母语教育 儿童汉语学习 语言能力 语言传承;

    Abstract : Chinese as a heritage language is one of the fastest lost languages in the world. In fact, in most Chinese families that have left China, the heritage language is lost by the second generation. READ MORE

  3. 2. The German Imigrants in New Knoxville, Ohio

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Birgitta Sundell-Rånby; [2023]
    Keywords : Agriculture; German immigration; habitus; historic archaeology; landscape archaeology; Agrikultur; tyska immigranter; habitus; historisk arkeologi; landskaps arkeologi;

    Abstract : America is a nation of immigrants and all immigrants brought culture with them. There is not one American culture. Many Ohioans are descended from German ancestors, their German heritage is still present in the cultural and social landscapes. German immigrants came to America in search of farmland and independence. READ MORE

  4. 3. Aato: A flickering light on the external construction of Sámi.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Patrick Wachtelius; [2023]
    Keywords : Social construction; CDA; Sami; Repatriation;

    Abstract : The first part of this study examines how Sámi as a social construction was shaped by the outside world from 98 CE to the mid-19th century. Ancient texts, medieval letters and literature that indicate change in discourse are used as primary sources in a historico-critical analysis. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mining for Whose Future? The Recycling of Narratives for Continuous Extraction : A discursive study of the Gállok mine

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Julia Engström; [2023]
    Keywords : Environmental Justice; Sámi rights; Gállok; Critical Discourse Analysis; Green growth; Green transition; Mining;

    Abstract : The Exploitation of land for economic growth has been an ongoing issue for locals’ rights to land, especially indigenous people. In Sweden, EU’s largest producer of Iron ore, the conflict between the State, indigenous Sámi, and mining industries have caused many controversies over the years, where mining projects repeatedly infringe upon land inhabited by Sámi. READ MORE

  6. 5. Gränslös : An architectural portrayal of Torne River Valley

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Julia Olström; [2023]
    Keywords : Torne River Valley; displacement; identity; heritage; narrative; agency of landscape;

    Abstract : This project takes place in a place far north, in a valley that has three rivers. The place is called Torne River Valley or Meänmaa, meaning “Our land” in Meänkieli. The thesis will address the identity displacement in Torne River Valley and the destructiveness of the colonisation of Sápmi. READ MORE