The story of the double failure of linguistic immersion, by Josep Maria Fonalleras

The recent history of claims, judgments and appeals against language immersion It is the story of a double failure. On the one hand, every time an attack occurs (because that’s what they are, attacks: from court intrusions to decidedly combative laws, such as the LOMCE), we talk about the need to shield the presence of Catalan as a vehicular language. Either we have felt defenseless before the siege or we have relied on the benevolence of less aggressive legislation, such as the Celaá law or, as is the case now, on the guarantees that the current Spanish Government will not intervene, as González-Cambray has assured. It is armored (a ship, a safe, a learning system) when there are still no collisions, robberies or attacks. Afterwards, it is too late.

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On the other hand, the repeated verification of the failure of the Spanish State in its plurinational definition. They do not want to be, nation of nations, because they know they are not. And here, in the immersion model, we can no longer speak of social cohesion or equal opportunities. It is sad to admit: It is no longer a fight for a more balanced society; it is a fight for the survival of a culture.

Reference-www.elperiodico.com

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