Comparative analysis of children's oral literature in a multicultural school

Abstract

The main objective of this article is to shed light on an underlying question of our time: do children still sing? Has the new era that began with television and continues with social media like TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram managed to erase from their memories the nursery rhymes and songs with which—we assume—they began to discover the world around them? Through oral interviews with students from the American and Spanish sections of the Saint Germain en Laye International High School, we can conclude that both sections strive to preserve this oral memory in verse among their students, through classroom activities and cultural celebrations, keeping ties to their language and culture of origin. While there is still work to be done in this regard, we believe the efforts made are bearing fruit in the oral memory of these students.

Key words: Interculturality, bilingualism, oral verse literature, children literature, foreign languages.