Tatar Language Preservation Strategies and Educational Activities in Finland

Gölten BEDRETDİN; Sabira STAHLBERG

Makale detayları

Tatar Language Preservation Strategies and Educational Activities in Finland

Yazarlar:

Gölten BEDRETDİN | Sabira STAHLBERG

Yayıncı:

Ülkü ÇELİK ŞAVK

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilimleri

Dergi:

Journal of Endangered Languages 2021 Vol.11 Issue 19, pp.241-258

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000646435

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2148-130X

Özet:

 


The Tatar community in Finland has for more than a century organised regular activities and education in Tatar language. These activities support and encourage the Tatar speakers from early childhood to old age to learn, use and transmit their language. Today the Islamic congregations in Helsinki and Tampere and the cultural and sports associations gather speakers from all age groups for many kinds of events and projects. For instance a kindergarten, weekend school, summer camps, sports and cultural gatherings, online meetings and a club for pensioners bring together Tatars not only from the Helsinki area but also from other parts of Finland and abroad. Earlier activities include a choir and theatre group; music and drama are still important elements in all Tatar events in Finland. The Tatar community further publishes learning materials, books and a magazine, Mähallä Habärläre ‘Community News’.

The Tatars in Finland have always followed very closely national and international social and technical developments, adapting their language preservation and support activities to a changing world; for instance, during the Covid-19 pandemic many events and activities moved into the internet. Present challenges reflect the tendencies both globally and in the Finnish society: securing the continuation of events and activities; developing and making Tatar events and materials more attractive to children, teenagers and young adults; providing interesting books and texts for reading and learning; and using new technologies to transmit the language to the following generations. This article, based on an indepth interview with Gölten Bedretdin, chairwoman of the Finnish Islamic Congregation with several decades of experience in organisational work for the Tatar community in Finland, presents a general overview of the current situation of the Tatar language preservation and educational activities in Finland. The topic and current period have until now been little documented.


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Makale detayları

Tatar Language Preservation Strategies and Educational Activities in Finland

Yazarlar: Gölten BEDRETDİN | Sabira STAHLBERG

Yayıncı: Ülkü ÇELİK ŞAVK

Ana Başlıklar: Dilbilimleri

Dergi: Journal of Endangered Languages 2021 Vol.11 Issue 19, pp.241-258

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 7/2021

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000646435

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2148-130X

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Gölten BEDRETDİN | Sabira STAHLBERG

Yayıncı:

Ülkü ÇELİK ŞAVK

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilimleri

Dergi:

Journal of Endangered Languages 2021 Vol.11 Issue 19, pp.241-258

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000646435

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2148-130X