Basque in Spain
|
Colegio Urdaneta
|
|
| |
|
| Contact person | Rosa Maria Mugarza |
| intercambios@colegiourdaneta.com |
|
| Website | www.colegiourdaneta.com |
| Total number of teachers | 130 |
| Total number of pupils | 1800 |
| Languages taught as a subject | Spanish, English, French |
| Languages of instruction | Basque, Spanish |
| Languages used outside formal lessons | Spanish and some Basque |
| Skills trained in the minority language | reading, listening, speaking, writing, mediation |
| Availability of the teaching material | Reasonable; we could have more. |
| Quality of the teaching material | Reasonable |
| Developers of the teaching material | Teachers in the school or colleagues, publishing houses |
| Remarks |
We have started working on eTwinning and we’ve got some projects going on and contacts.
Main problem regarding minority language education: Some teachers are not ready or just don’t want to. Possible solutions: Go step by step. |
|
Etorkizuna Ikastola
|
|
| |
|
| Contact person | Begoña Garaizar |
| Website | www.etorkizunaikastola.org |
| Total number of teachers | 18 |
| Total number of pupils | 175 |
| Languages of instruction | Basque, Spanish, English |
| Teaching material | The quality of learning materials is good |
| Remarks |
The main problem in our zone is how to encourage our pupils to use the Basque language outside of the curriculum, for example in the playground, extracurricular activities, sports etc. In our town most people are Spanish speakers.
|
|
Ondarroako Zaldupe Herri Ikastetcea
|
|
| Contact person | Ainhoa Onaindia |
| Website | www.ondarruep.net |
| Total number of teachers | 32 |
| Total number of pupils | |
| Languages of instruction | Basque, Spanish |
| Teaching material | Availability and quality of teaching material is good. |
| Remarks | |
|
Zubi Zahar Ikastola
|
|
| Contact person | Idoia Barinaga or Tere Larreina |
| Website | www.zubizahar.net |
| Total number of teachers | 26 |
| Total number of pupils | 310 |
| Languages of instruction | Basque, Spanish |
| Teaching material | The availability and quality of teaching material is good. |
| Remarks | Although Basque is a minority language our school is located in an area where 90% of the population are native speakers of Basque. There is influence of Spanish but it is not so great as to present a problem. Most pupils come from Basque speaking families. However, in our area most families speak a dialect of Basque and we teach the standard Basque which is what institutions accept as official. This, sometimes is a problem for students and parents. |
|
Arizmendi Ikastola
|
|
| Contact person | Josebe Muruamendiaraz or Amaia Antero |
| aantero@arizmendi.ikastola.net | |
| Website | www.zubizahar.net |
| Total number of teachers | 263 |
| Total number of pupils | 3052 |
| Languages taught as a subject | Basque, Spanish, English, French, German |
| Languages of instruction | Basque |
| Languages used outside formal lessons | Spanish |
| Skills trained in the minority language | reading, listening, speaking, writing, mediation |
| Availability of the teaching material | Good |
| Quality of the teaching material | Good; we have our own teaching materials prepared by the Confederation of Ikastolas (schools teaching in Basque. Check www.ikastola.net for teaching materials. |
| Developers of the teaching material | Teachers in the school or colleagues |
|
Otxandio Herri ikastexea
|
|
| Contact person | Ana Gómez
|