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
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DEVELOPING RESOURCES FOR
MULTILINGUAL CLASSES (IN FLANDERS)
Orhan AğırdağUvA & KULeuven
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Context
Flanders (Belgium)
1. Large ethnic inequalities
2. (Dutch) monolingualism in education
3. Bilingual education: small projects
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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...
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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
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Agirdag et al. (2013) in Teachers College Record
Teachers have lower expectation of immigrant
students
Lower expectation due to language issues
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Pulinx, Van Avermaet & Agirdag O. (2016) in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
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Pulinx, Van Avermaet & Agirdag O. (2016) in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
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Pulinx, Van Avermaet & Agirdag O. (2016) in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
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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 ?
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