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Table
7. Competence in spoken Catalan in Mataró and the Aragonese
border area
| |
Mataró |
Aragonese
border area |
N |
Average |
N |
Average |
| All pupils |
990 |
9,0 |
205 |
7,3 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP |
334 |
8,6 |
55 |
5,8 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP and LI |
194 |
8,3 |
39 |
5,1 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP and
both Catalan and Spanish as LI |
125 |
8,8 |
10 |
8,1 |
Note: LP = language used with parents. LI = language
of identity
Figures for language competence in the Aragonese
border area exhibit three differences from those for Mataró.
Firstly, the overall figure for competence is lower (an average
of 7.3). Secondly, those pupils who identify to some extent with
Catalan have the highest scores for competence in Catalan (8.1 for
those who identify with both Catalan and Spanish). Lastly, pupils
who identify with Spanish have the lowest score.
4.2.2.
Social networks
An analysis of the social networks of pupils in Mataró
shows that on the whole they use Spanish in their social networks.
The average result is 0.3 on a scale from 0 (Catalan is never used)
to 1 (only Catalan is used). Youngsters in Mataró use Catalan
with 3 out of every 10 of their friends. The use of Spanish is even
more pronounced in the case of pupils who use Spanish with their
parents and identify with Spanish.
Table 8. Social networks and the use of Catalan
in Mataró and the Aragonese border area
Data for social networks in the Aragonese border
area shows a similar index to that for Mataró if we consider
all the pupils (0.2). It will be seen that pupils who identify with
Catalan and Spanish have networks in which Catalan is used more
extensively, while those who use Spanish with their parents hardly
use Catalan at all in their social networks
| |
Mataró |
Aragonese
border area |
N |
Mitjana |
N |
Average |
| All pupils |
643 |
0,3 |
159 |
0,2 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP |
207 |
0,1 |
43 |
0,07 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP and LI |
123 |
0,08 |
28 |
0,02 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP and both Catalan
and Spanish as LI |
74 |
0,1 |
28 |
0,2 |
Data for social networks in the Aragonese border
area shows a similar index to that for Mataró if we consider
all the pupils (0.2). It will be seen that pupils who identify with
Catalan and Spanish have networks in which Catalan is used more
extensively, while those who use Spanish with their parents hardly
use Catalan at all in their social networks.
4.2.3.
Attitudes to Catalan
In Mataró pupils’ attitudes to Catalan
are very favourable (0.7 on a scale from -1 to 1). There is little
difference between sub-groups.
Table 9. Attitudes to Catalan in Mataró
and the Aragonese border area.
| |
Mataró |
Aragonese border area |
N |
Mitjana |
N |
Average |
| All pupils |
882 |
0,7 |
198 |
0,6 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP |
304 |
0,6 |
53 |
0,5 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP and LI |
181 |
0,6 |
38 |
0,4 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP and both Catalan and Spanish as
LI |
108 |
0,7 |
10 |
0,7 |
Attitudes to Catalan in the Aragonese border area
are generally less favourable than in Mataró (0.6). As observed
elsewhere, pupils who include Catalan as a language of identity
have more favourable attitudes, while the attitudes of those whose
only language of identity is Spanish are less favourable.
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