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4.2.4.
Linguistic confidence in Catalan
In Mataró the pupils have
a medium index of confidence in Catalan (0.5 on a scale from -1
to 1) As in the case of attitude, the differences between sub-groups
in Mataró are minimal.
Table 10. Confidence in Catalan
in Mataró and the Aragonese border area.
| |
Mataró |
Aragonese border
area |
N |
Average |
N |
Average |
| All pupils |
889 |
0,5 |
205 |
0,3 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP |
304 |
0,4 |
56 |
0,1 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP and LI |
184 |
0,4 |
39 |
0,06 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP and both Catalan and Spanish as
LI |
107 |
0,5 |
10 |
0,3 |
In the case of the Aragonese border
area, the differences are more pronounced. Overall the pupils in
the Aragonese border area report a lower level of confidence in
Catalan than the pupils in Mataró. This is especially true
of those pupils who identify only with Spanish, where the figure
is 0.06.
4.2.5.
Language used with siblings
Figures for the use of Spanish and
Catalan with siblings indicate that in Mataró the language
used most by the pupils with their siblings is Spanish (32%), followed
by those who use Catalan (28.7%) and Spanish and Catalan (27.7%).
However, the figures are different if we consider only pupils who
use Spanish with their parents: of these, 68.9% also use Spanish
with their siblings, while 26.2% use Catalan and Spanish (the percentages
for pupils having Catalan and Spanish as language of identity are
very similar).
Table 11. Language used with
siblings in Mataró
| |
Catalan |
Catalan
and Spanish |
Spanish |
Other
languages |
| N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
| All pupils |
253 |
28,7 |
245 |
27,7 |
283 |
32,0 |
102 |
11,5 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP |
5 |
1,6 |
80 |
26,2 |
210 |
68,9 |
10 |
3,3 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP and LI |
4 |
2,2 |
36 |
19,9 |
137 |
75,7 |
4 |
2,2 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP
and both Catalan and Spanish as LI |
1 |
0,9 |
28 |
25,2 |
76 |
68,5 |
6 |
5,4 |
Pupils in the Aragonese border area, like those
in Mataró, use Spanish most often with their siblings.
(36.7%) The second largest group (28%) use Catalan, while a third
group (23.2%) use both Catalan and Spanish. Of those who use Spanish
with their parents, the great majority (84.7%) speak Spanish to
their siblings. Results for language of identity show that pupils
who include Catalan when speaking to their siblings tend to identify
with both Catalan and Spanish.
Table 12. Language used with
siblings in the Aragonese border area.
| |
Catalan |
Catalan and Spanish |
Spanish |
Other languages |
| N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
|
All pupils |
58 |
28,0 |
48 |
23,3 |
76 |
36,7 |
25 |
12,1 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LP |
0 |
0 |
9 |
15,8 |
48 |
84,2 |
0 |
0 |
| Pupils with Spanish as LI |
0 |
0 |
5 |
11,6 |
38 |
88,4 |
0 |
0 |
| Pupils with both Catalan and Spanish as
LI |
0 |
0 |
3 |
42,9 |
4 |
57,1 |
0 |
0 |
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