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Youngsters and Minority Languages

2019-2-ES02-KA105-0134932019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: ES|FR|IE · Grant: €33,330
Creativity and cultureYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Objectives

From the City Council of Zizurkil, there has been a decrease in the use of Euskera by young people who use the service for young people. In the youth center, Basque has always been the predominant language, just as it was throughout the municipality. But in recent years, this situation is changing, both in the municipality and in the youth center, and Spanish is displacing Euskera. Within the policies of the City Council is to encourage the use of Euskera among young people. Thus, work has begun on the use of Basque with a group of young people who use the youth center on a daily basis. It is a group with special sensitivity in the subject, and that is willing to work on it. Among the activities proposed by this group of young people, the idea of ​​an exchange with young people from a European country that had the same problem with the use of a minority language was contemplated. Knowing other realities, the situation with other young people like them, can be interesting to motivate these young people and other young people of the municipality. In Europe there are several minority languages ​​and in each country different linguistic policies are carried out to protect and strengthen these minority languages. Knowing how these policies are carried out and the activities developed within these policies can be very interesting, since some of them can be imported. It is interesting to share the knowledge, the experiences that have worked to promote minority languages, and above all, the way in which to motivate young people to make greater use of their minority language. The objectives to be achieved are the following: - To make the participants aware of the linguistic reality of other countries and the way in which young people experience these situations. - Develop greater sensitivity and interest in the use of their minority language. - Motivate young people to make greater use of their minority language in their daily lives. When carrying out the project within the framework of Erasmus + and with young people from another European country, we also want to achieve the following objectives related to interculturality: - Learn to know and respect other cultures. - Acquire communication skills to be able to relate with the young people of the partner entity. - Give an international dimension to the activities carried out with young people. Finally, the fact that the project is framed within the scope of non-formal education enables the following objectives to be achieved: - Promote the participation of young people. - Acquire skills that are not acquired in other areas and that will improve the employability of these young people. - Work values ​​related to non-formal education such as solidarity, respect, equality, ... and that are consistent with those raised by the Erasmus + program. Therefore, a youth exchange within the European framework offers unique learning possibilities, and the possibility of acquiring skills that may be useful in their personal and work future.

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