Publications

Publication details [#48981]

Weber, Jean Jacques. 2008. Safetalk Revisited, or: Language and Ideology in Luxembourgish Educational Policy. Language & Education 22 (2) : 155–169.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | education | ideology | language of instruction | language policy

Language as a subject

French | German

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper discusses what changes are required to combat restrictive safetalk practices and to allow for more efficient and equitable learning in the Luxembourgish primary school system that currently constrains many romanophone students to follow a German-language literacy programme.