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Language ideologies regarding language variation are deeply embedded in and differentially shape the policies, teaching materials, and practices of publicly funded versus community-run Greek heritage language education in Sweden. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Investigate the role, value, and ideological frameworks assigned to language variation across policy, materials, and pedagogical practice in Greek heritage language education in Sweden.

September 14, 2026Language and EducationOpen Access

The role of language variation in Greek Heritage language education in Sweden: policies, practices, and ideologies

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Investigate the role, value, and ideological frameworks assigned to language variation across policy, materials, and pedagogical practice in Greek heritage language education in Sweden.
Conducted a two-year linguistic ethnographic study comparing publicly funded mother tongue instruction in Swedish schools with an independent, parent-run Greek complementary school.
Analyzed national curricula and teaching materials alongside fieldnotes, audio recordings from classrooms and administrative meetings, and interviews with teachers, parents, and students.
Identified distinct ideological frameworks concerning language variation embedded within policy documents and instructional practices across public and community-run settings.
Demonstrated pedagogical tensions between institutional standard-language norms, participant beliefs, and the classroom visibility or erasure of non-standard linguistic varieties.

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Linguistic ethnographic study uncovers contrasting language variation ideologies across Swedish Greek heritage programs, highlighting systemic differences between public and community schooling.

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Ganuza et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7b2e10926e14a848b1791 https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2026.2729123

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Linguistic ethnographic study uncovers contrasting language variation ideologies across Swedish Greek heritage programs, highlighting systemic differences between public and community schooling.

The role of language variation in Greek Heritage language education in Sweden: policies, practices, and ideologies

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The role of language variation in Greek Heritage language education in Sweden: policies, practices, and ideologies

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