Qualitative evaluation of language policy: The case of the coexistence of school systems in Andorra Authors Juan Jiménez-Salcedo Universidad Pablo de Olavide Keywords: Andorra, language policy, school systems, Catalan language acquisition. Abstract In this article, a qualitative analysis is made of a sample of discourses regarding the various school systems in Andorra, and of their influence on the linguistic policies relating to the acquisition of the Catalan language. Based on a corpus of semi-structured interviews with informants considered language policy managers, three types of discourse have been established: a skeptical discourse, according to which the presence of foreign school systems prevents correct language learning for students who are non-native Catalan speakers; an idealistic discourse, which holds that the various school systems socially and culturally enrich the country; and a pragmatic discourse, which assumes that the country could not afford a unified public school system since a substantial part of the costs of the foreign school systems are assumed by the neighboring states. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biography Juan Jiménez-Salcedo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide Professor Titular d'Universitat. Departament de Traducció i Filologia. Downloads PDF (Català) Published 2021-03-29 Issue No. 32 (2022): L'avaluació de les polítiques lingüístiques Section Secció monogràfica. L’avaluació de les polítiques lingüístiques License Intellectual property Intellectual property in articles belongs to the respective authors. By submitting their articles to TSC to request their publication, authors agree to the following: Authors assign all rights of reproduction, public communication and distribution of articles submitted for publication in TSC to the SCS (a subsidiary of the IEC). Authors are accountable to the SCS for the authorship and originality of their articles. It is the responsibility of authors to obtain permissions to reproduce graphic material sourced from elsewhere and included in their articles. The SCS may not be held liable for any possible violation of intellectual property rights by authors. Material published in TSC is subject - unless otherwise indicated in the text or in graphic material - to a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Spain (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 ES) licence, the full text of which can be found at this link. Accordingly, the general public may reproduce, distribute and communicate the article provided the author and publisher are acknowledged and as long as no commercial or derivative use is made of the article. TSC cannot be held responsible for ideas and opinions as expressed by the authors of articles published in the journal.
