Developing Resources for Multilingual Classes in Belgium
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Developing resources for multilingualclasses in Belgium
Orhan Agirdag, University of Leuven, Belgium
RUTU ROUNDTABLEMULTILINGUAL EDUCATION FOR MIGRANT CHILDREN IN EUROPE6 NOVEMBER/ UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS
11:35-11:50 /
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DEVELOPING RESOURCES FOR
MULTILINGUAL CLASSES (IN FLANDERS)
Orhan AğırdağUvA & KULeuven
Context
Flanders (Belgium)
1. Large ethnic inequalities
2. (Dutch) monolingualism in education
3. Bilingual education: small projects
Agirdag (2010) in British Journal of Sociology of Education
How is monolingualism imposed in schools ?
Benefits of bilingualism unknown
Use of ‘other languages’ (e.g. Turkish)
• Excluded
• Discouraged
• Punished
Institutional racism: Not all languages are ‘bad’
However: internalized...
Agirdag et al. (2014) in Bilig
Does speaking Turkish (frequency) have an effect on:
1- Academic achievement
2- Sense of school belonging
Speaking Turkish at home
No effect on achievement
Speaking Turkish at school
No effect on achievement
Lower sense of school belonging
Agirdag et al. (2013) in Teachers College Record
Teachers have lower expectation of immigrant
students
Lower expectation due to language issues
Pulinx, Van Avermaet & Agirdag O. (2016) in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Pulinx, Van Avermaet & Agirdag O. (2016) in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Pulinx, Van Avermaet & Agirdag O. (2016) in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Agirdag (2014) in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism In the US:
Incomes of bilingual vs. English only Latino’s
Bilingual earn about 3000 $ more than English
only
In Europe ?
E-Validiv Case Collection
School Policy Guide Metrotaal