Sosedski jeziki, skupna prihodnost: pedagogika za izobraževanje v obmejnih regijah

Lucija Čok; Sonja Novak Lukanović; Marisa Cavalli; Fabienne Korb; Mirjam Günther; Irina M. Cavaion; Tina Čok; Ana Toroš; Ivana Zajc; Barbara Riman; Robert Devetak

doi:10.35469/978-961-7276-02-2

Neighbouring Languages, Shared Futures: Pedagogies for Borderland Education

Authors

Lucija Čok, ZRS Koper, Inštitut za jezikoslovne študije; Sonja Novak Lukanović, Inštitut za narodnostna vprašanja Ljubljana; Marisa Cavalli; Fabienne Korb, Saarland University, Institute for Languages and Multilingualism; Mirjam Günther, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences; Irina M. Cavaion, ZRS Koper, Inštitut za jezikoslovne študije; Tina Čok, ZRS Koper, Inštitut za jezikoslovne študije; Ana Toroš, Raziskovalni center za humanistiko, Fakulteta za humanistiko, Univerza v Novi Gorici; Ivana Zajc, Raziskovalni center za humanistiko, Fakulteta za humanistiko, Univerza v Novi Gorici; Barbara Riman, Inštitut za narodnostna vprašanja Ljubljana; Robert Devetak, Inštitut za narodnostna vprašanja Ljubljana

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-02-2

Keywords:

neighbouring languages, learning, pedagogies, didactics

Synopsis

This international symposium brings together leading scholars, teachers, and researchers to address the complex and ever-evolving landscape of language teaching and learning in border regions. The event pursues three main objectives:

To highlight the importance of linguistic discourse in the context of an increasingly open territory (that of the two Gorizias), challenging the rhetorical dismantling of borders through the creation of cross-border spaces for genuine cooperation—where, until now, no initiatives have emphasised the urgency of defining language policies in alignment with this openness.
To focus the attention of the academic community and educators—at both local and national levels, but with essential international contributions—on pedagogies, projects, and interdisciplinary approaches to language education in border areas.

To present the findings of Strengthening a (socio)constructivist approach to foreign language teaching and learning in primary schools in Slovenian border regions through a co-constructed extension and evaluation of the CoBLaLT model, also known as the CONTATTI! project (2021–2024/25). This research project, funded by the Slovenian National Research Agency, constitutes a cross-border scientific initiative—led by the Institute for Linguistic Studies of ZRS Koper and partner institutions, the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Nova Gorica and the Institute for Ethnic Studies (INV) in Ljubljana—dedicated to promoting contact language pedagogy through collaboration, research, and an interdisciplinary approach.

Chapters

Sustainability of Language Diversity in European Geostrategic Contact Areas
The Case of Slovenian Istria and Innovations in Language Education

Lucija Čok

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-02-2_1
Border Areas
Similarities and Differences in the Perceptions of Language and Cultural Diversity

Sonja Novak Lukanović

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-02-2_2
Global Approach and Multilingual Perspective of the Council of Europe and ECML, and the Experiences of Bilingual Teaching of Other Disciplines

Marisa Cavalli

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-02-2_3
Insights into the ECML project “Enhancing Language Education in Cross-Border Vocational Education”

Fabienne Korb

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-02-2_4
Bridging German-Dutch Borders
A CBLE for Neighbouring Language Learning in Primary Education

Mirjam Günther

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-02-2_5
Neighbouring Language Learning and Teaching in Border Regions
A Socio-Constructivist View

Irina M. Cavaion

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-02-2_6
Cognitive-Inclusive Approach for Raising Cross-Language Awareness in Borderland Schools

Tina Čok

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-02-2_7
Cross-Border Didactics of Cross-border Literature

Ana Toroš

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-02-2_8
Cross-Border Stories
Children’s Literature as a Space for Shared Feelings and Cultural Dialogue

Ivana Zajc

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-02-2_9
History, Language, and Borders
Learning a Neighbouring Language with a Special Focus on the Slovenian-Croatian Border

Barbara Riman

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-02-2_10
“In that moment, we felt close, as if the border had been torn down”
Contacts between Milojka Štrukelj Primary School and San Vendemiano, 1960s–1980s.

Robert Devetak

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-02-2_11

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Neighbouring Languages, Shared Futures: Pedagogies for Borderland Education. (2026). ANNALES ZRS, Scientific Publishing House. https://doi.org/10.35469/978-961-7276-02-2

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