A Letter of Samuel B. Schiefflin to Rev. Wm. B. Gilmore

A letter of Samuel B. Schiefflin to Rev. Wm. B. Gilmore at Amelia Court House concerning property matters at Amelia. Commends Gilmore for his work. I do not wish Dr. Van Raalte to have any responsibility or anxiety in the matter or be liable for one cent. I propose local trustees as I thought they could manage the property better...https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1870s/1041/thumbnail.jp

Young Children Learning Languages in a Multilingual Context

Luxembourg is a trilingual country where residents communicate in Luxembourgish, French and German concurrently. Children therefore study these languages at primary school. In this paper I explore how six eight-year-old Luxembourgish children use and learn German, French and English in formal and informal settings over a period of one year. Their eagerness to learn and use German and English contrasted with their cautious and formal approach to the learning of French. My findings demonstrate that second language learning in a multilingual country is not an 'automatic' or 'natural' process but, rather, children's language behaviour depends on their personal goals, interests, competence, confidence and understanding of what counts as appropriate language use. These factors are influenced by the formal approach to language learning at school