Education and Socialisation of Migrants’ Children in Sweden with Special Reference to Bilingualism and Biculturalism

Abstract

In this paper, bilingualism and biculturalism will be treated from the viewpoint that these must be the aim of education since the migrants’ children must be able to understand both their country of origin and the host country. Many of them will face re-migration, and this should be considered by the school in the host country. The concept of bilingualism may be seen as a sub-concept of biculturalism, because one can hardly conceive of a non-speaking, human society. The word “bilingualism” will here refer to the total mode of communication between human beings, i.e., through verbal as well as non-verbal means such as gestures, airs, and odd sounds like clicks, etc.