99 research outputs found
Multilingual families in a multilingual society:The language practices of three multilingual families in Brussels, Belgium.
Understanding foreign language education and bilingual education in Belgium:a (surreal) piece of cake
Multilingual families in a multilingual society:The language practices of three multilingual families in Brussels, Belgium.
Bilingual winks in the linguistic landscape of Montréal and Brussels: analysis and illustration of parallel mechanisms
CLIL, an elitist language learning approach?:A background analysis of English and Dutch CLIL pupils in French-speaking Belgium
Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) programmes are increasingly popular throughout Europe, but are sometimes accused of inducing a selection bias in the pupil population, both through selection mechanisms of the schools themselves and self- selection of the pupils (and/or their parents). As a result, the outcomes of the CLIL approach may be artificially promoted, and, at the same time, such a selection bias can contribute to an elitist education model, which arguably runs counter to the aims of the approach. This paper looks into a number of background variables of both English and Dutch CLIL learners in Francophone Belgium and compares them to their non-CLIL counterparts. Results from a logistic regression indicate that there is indeed evidence of selection: the socio-economic status of the pupils appears as the main predictor of whether a pupil is in a CLIL or a non-CLIL track, whereas other, more personal, variables such as non-verbal intelligence play a minor (or additional) role. Moreover, Dutch CLIL programmes appear to be more selective than English CLIL programmes in this context. We conclude that CLIL (and particularly Dutch CLIL) in French-speaking Belgium, although a priori open to anyone, is particularly attractive to a socially privileged public
Businesses in Brussels and foreign languages. Usage and costs of employees' lack of foreign language knowledge.
Businesses in Brussels and foreign languages. Usage and costs of employees' lack of foreign language knowledge.
Bilingual winks in the linguistic landscape of Montréal and Brussels: analysis and illustration of parallel mechanisms
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