Projects
Legitimizing linguistic hierarchization: Elite multilingualism at an IB-accredited international school. University of Antwerp
Multilingualism in Secondary Education in Flanders: The Dynamics of Language Policy Ghent University
OZR Backup mandate: Is CLIL beneficial for everyone? Exploring the effectiveness of Content and Language Integrated Learning in heterogeneous language contexts present in Flemish Community schools in Brussels. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
(CLIL) has gained ever-increasing popularity in European education
contexts. The benefits of CLIL programs are therefore well
documented. Although the extent may vary depending on the
research context, CLIL often results in greater proficiency in the
program’s Target Language (TL), with few to no drawbacks in terms
of the learners’ mother tongue ...
The dynamics of language policies in two urban secondary schools in post-monolingual Flanders Ghent University
The aim of the proposed research project is to explore the localised ways in which teachers, students and school management staffs handle, negotiate and navigate migrant-background students’ multilingual repertoires in a post-monolingual societal condition. Ethnographic research using a variety of qualitative methods will be conducted in two matched urban secondary schools
which contrast in their pursued language policies.
CLIL in primary education VIVES
Exploiting linguistic diversity in the classroom: A functional multilingual learning (FML) workshop for teachers Ghent University
The Centre for Diversity & Learning (CDL) is a unique research group at Ghent University dedicated to the theme of 'dealing with diversity' in all kinds of learning contexts. CDL's mission is to focus not only on scientific research but also on providing scientifically based support. This threefold approach translates research insights as clearly as possible for the professional field. In this way, CDL wants to create maximum learning ...
CLIL in primary education VIVES
Sabbatical Kris Buyse: in (re)search of the European Spanish Heritage Learner KU Leuven
There are several reasons to understand more deeply the acquisition, teaching and learning of a Heritage Language (HL) or “heritage language” by Heritage Learners or “heritage language speakers”. Cummins (2000) emphasizes that the development of a rich mother tongue (L1) is crucial for the child's language development. Bilingualism has positive effects on the linguistic and pedagogical development of children, which can be partly explained by ...