The School Council urges TV-3 to lead the promotion of the use of Catalan among young people

The School Council of Catalonia held this Thursday a day of debate and analysis on the use of the Catalan language in the school environment that, according to a report by the Council for the Evaluation of the Education System of Catalonia, has experienced a decline, especially among young people. The little presence of Catalan in social networks And in the audiovisual platforms it is pointed out as one of the causes of this setback. And the networks and audiovisual media are the focus of a good part of the action proposals that the Consell is preparing.

The president of the Consell, Jesus Viñas, has targeted TV-3 and has urged the Catalan public channel to “assume leadership” to reverse this decline in the use of Catalan among young people “TV-3 is fundamental. A few years ago it played a very positive role. Now it has lost influence and must recover it” , has indicated in statements to EL PERIÓDICO. The Consell will propose the creation of a channel in Catalan aimed at young people with a wide range of content that is interesting to this population group, as well as promoting the creation of content in Catalan. Viñas has given the example of the series ‘Merlí’, made in Catalan and which had a success that transcended the language.

“The future of Catalan depends on young people speaking it,” said Viñas, who warned that “if we do not act, the use of Catalan will gradually decline and we will reach a point of no return.”

Colloquial Catalan and youth channel

In a round table in the framework of the same debate, Francina Gorina, singer of La Queency, Pol Gise, content creator, and Aladdine Azzuzi, journalist, have agreed on the need to “reinforce the platforms in Catalan for young people “and have called for a more active role of the Corporation Catalan Audiovisual Media. “A youth channel is needed. After Super 3, there is a void for teen audience. There is no relief “, Azzuzi pointed out. Gisé has denounced the little institutional support to the creators of content in Catalan: “With my videos from home I have more visits than a TV-3 program that has had great financial resources. We entertain those who should be entertaining the Corpo.”

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For her part, Gorina has claimed support for the colloquial Catalan. “The colloquial Catalan used by young people should not be criminalized because it is not academically perfect. If we do, we can keep them away from the language they know.” He has given the example of Rosalía’s ‘Millionaire’: “Many jumped on him because he said ‘cumpleanys’. Maybe next time you think if you use Catalan in a song”. The objective, they have concluded, is that young people do not see Catalan only as an academic, school language, but as a useful language for communication between equals.