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Glottopolitics Dimension to Language and Placement Plan in Education of French Regional: A Case Study of Occitan Language


The purpose of this case study was to understand the glottopolitics of minor language and investigate a regional language in educational placement plan. The issue of Occitan language should be included from the foreign language classroom(3 languages in France) has been also a important issue in ex-Occitanie(since middle age) countries(Spain, Italy and Monaco) or the mediterranean region. Especially, in France, the result of analysis demonstrates the glottopolotics about regional language was a limited types of the linguistical policy. The analysis of the historical context shows the long line of conglomerates that had to cope with the power struggles within their national language. For example, the repeated argument resulted in the education of the regional language under the projet of bilingual & immersion foreign language program. The present study also demonstrates the important example about protection of several minor languages in the eco-system linguistic as Louis-Jean Calvet noted. This study concludes with some implications the element of different cultures within the traditional culture, for example of the occitan language.