Le discours du personnel enseignant sur leur travail en milieu scolaire francophone minoritaire

TLDR: This article examined the role of the school, via its teachers, as an agent of linguistic and cultural reproduction in a minority Francophone environment, particularly with regard to passing on French language and culture.

Abstract: Cet article s’interesse a la facon dont le personnel enseignant qui œuvre en milieu franco ‐ phone minoritaire concoit son role aupres des eleves, en ce qui concerne plus specifique ‐ ment la reproduction de la langue francaise et de la culture. Une attention particuliere est portee a la situation qui prevaut en Ontario, ou une politique d’amenagement linguistique est presentement mise en œuvre dans les ecoles de langue francaise. J’y examine, par le biais d’une analyse sociologique, le role d’agent de reproduction linguistique et culturelle tenu par l’ecole, a travers le personnel enseignant. Pour illustrer mes propos, je presente les resultats d’une etude ethnographique de trois ans qui avait pour objectif de mieux com ‐ prendre la facon dont le personnel enseignant concoit son travail aupres d’eleves qui evolu ‐ ent en milieu francophone minoritaire. Mots ‐ cles : rapport a l’identite, culture, langue, amenagement linguistique This article deals with the way teachers working in a minority Francophone environment see their role with students, particularly with regard to passing on French language and culture. Special attention is given to the Ontario situation, where a policy regarding linguis ‐ tic development and identity construction is currently being implemented in French ‐ language schools. Using an ethnographic sociological analysis, I examine the role of the school, via its teachers, as an agent of linguistic and cultural reproduction. To illustrate my analysis, I present the results of a three ‐ year study designed to better understand how teachers see their work with students growing up in a minority Francophone environment. Key words: relationship to identity, culture, language, linguistic development, language planning