Publications

Publication details [#59030]

Housen, Alex and Aafke Buyl. 2014. Factors, processes and outcomes of early immersion education in the Francophone Community in Belgium. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 17 (2) : 178–196.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | language of instruction | language proficiency | pre-school age | university

Language as a subject

Dutch | English | French | German

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

After sketching the legal socio-political background, this article renders structural and organizational characteristics and pedagogical practices of early immersion education in Belgium's Francophone Community (FC), and discusses academic and linguistic success.