Language Ideologies in Informatics Teaching

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Jezične ideologije na nastavi informatike
• Author: Barbara Hršak
• Mentor: Anđel Starčević (mentor)
• Committee member: Marina Grubišić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Janja Čulig (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Anđel Starčević (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-07-07, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a series of semi-structured sociolinguistic interviews conducted in person between Informatics teachers and the researcher. The researcher is a fifth year university student of linguistics and all of the respondents are Informatics teachers in primary schools in the Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia with more or less subtle variation in their age, education, place of work, and teaching experience. The study examines the respondents’ opinions, ideas and attitudes about the use of language in teaching Informatics and the influence of various language ideologies on their perspectives on language. This research shows that even though the respondents are aware of the presupposed importance of the standard dialect in formal education, most of the respondents use and allow the use of regional and local Kajkavian dialects in teaching and learning because they feel that their students are able to express themselves more efficiently in their vernacular, rather than in the standard dialect. Apart from allowing code-mixing between standard and non-standard Croatian, the teachers also explain their points of view on code-mixing between Croatian and English. They state that they use both English and Croatian equivalents of certain words, but nevertheless they frequently encourage their students to use Croatian words.

Abstract (croatian)

Ovaj rad predstavlja rezultate niza polustrukturiranih sociolingvističkih intervjua koje je provela istraživačica kao studentica pete godine sveučilišnog studija lingvistike. Svi su ispitanici učitelji informatike u osnovnim školama u Krapinsko-zagorskoj županiji u Hrvatskoj s manje ili više suptilnim razlikama u dobi, obrazovanju, mjestu rada i iskustvu u nastavi. Studija ispituje mišljenja, ideje i stavove ispitanika o upotrebi jezika u nastavi informatike te utjecaju različitih jezičnih ideologija na njihove perspektive o jeziku. Ovo istraživanje pokazuje da, iako su ispitanici svjesni pretpostavljene važnosti standardnog dijalekta u formalnom obrazovanju, većina ispitanika koristi i dopušta korištenje regionalnih i lokalnih kajkavskih dijalekata u nastavi i učenju jer smatraju da se njihovi učenici mogu učinkovitije izražavati na svojim lokalnim dijalektima, a ne na standardnom dijalektu. Osim što dopuštaju miješanje kodova između standardnog i nestandardnog hrvatskog jezika, učitelji objašnjavaju i svoja stajališta o miješanju kodova između hrvatskog i engleskog jezika. Navode da za pojedine riječi koriste i engleske i hrvatske ekvivalente, ali unatoč tome često potiču svoje učenike na korištenje hrvatskih riječi.

• Keywords: Informatics; primary education; standard language ideology; pluralist ideology; monoglossic ideology
• Keywords (croatian): Informatika; osnovna škola; ideologija standardnog jezika; ideologija pluralizma; ideologija monoglosije
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:230122
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL; Course: Linguistics; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-07-08 07:45:46