Ein Vorschlag des dialektbasierten Hochdeutschunterrichts für die Wolgadeutschen in Argentinien

Abstract Just like many other German communities in the Americas the Volga Germans in Argentina have been able to maintain their initial dialectal variety of German until today. It has been passed on mostly orally, has only covert prestige and functions as an ethnic identity marker for the speakers. As opposed to that the language of the majority population (Spanish in the case of the Volga Germans in Argentina) has overt prestige and objective value for everyday life. Also the standard variety of German is perceived as objectively useful, e.g. for the future career. At the same time, the vari...