CATALAN POLICY ON PRODUCTION OF MATERIALS FOR THE TEACHING OF CATALAN LANGUAGE

• Late 70’s and the 80’s: Recovery of national rights and institutions

• Laws were passed to ensure the right to education in Catalan: law for linguistic normalization.

• The method of linguistic immersion in Catalan was adopted to reinforce the use of the language by young generations

• As schools required textbooks in Catalan, publishers began creating materials to cover the needs of the market.

• Almost all curricular areas and studies are covered by the materials created by publishers

• No policy of dinamization is taken• The government only watches for the quality and

adequacy of materials produced• The government acts as a spearhead to foster

the development of materials in new areas, such as newcomers (see “Vincles”).

ICT Resources for the Teaching of Catalan

Primary Education

• Entrena’t per llegir - Basic reading skills

• Ortografia – Spelling activities

• Els contes del Tom i la Laia - Tales with sound and JClic activities

• Petites històries – Creative writing

• MUD’s – Mini didactic units covering curricular aspects

Primarary Education(Subjects in Catalan)

• Viure als castells - ICT in Social Science

• El joc de la Prehistòria – Interactive game

• La màquina de calcular – Numbers and language

• El món per un forat – Knowledge of the environment

Secondary Education

• Lletres de batalles – Interactive aplication about literature in the civil war

• Què llegeixes? – Creative writing

• Lectures – Exercices on popular books

Newcomers

• El mercat – Interactive exercises for everyday-life vocabulary

• Muds de mots – Basic vocabulary skills in semantic fields

• Vincles – Interactive resources linked to coursebooks

Self-access courses

• Parla.cat – online courses both self-guided and tutored

• SALC – Self access courses for older students