| Summary: | The aim of my dissertation is to contribute to the development of the Czech Republic language policy. The EU policy aims to promote cross-border cohesion, which causes identity and language shift. It is necessary to monitor these processes and revise them. That's why I submit my study dealing with a bilingual education project in Czech-German borderland. In the chapter I. Language and Identity I describe ethnic identity experience, language a/symmetry (in language competencies and use of Czech and German languages) and asymmetry influence on both nations relation. In the chapter II. Dominance and Power I characterize relations between Czech and German children, their submisivity or dominancy. So I observe the dynamics of dialogue; interactional dominance and interactional modality / speech style. I subordinate the methodology to the research aim. In both chapters the social reality observable in common conversation is described. That's why I choose cross-disciplinary approaches; ethnography of communication, ethnomethodology, discourse analysis and dialogue analysis. I use records of authentic conversations between teachers and children I taped during their common walks and on mixed rooms. I analyzed 440 minutes of interethnic communication. Subsequently I examined 1.763 turns in detail (by qualitative and...
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