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Publication details [#65282]

Branden, Kris Van den, Kathelijne Jordens and Koen van Gorp. 2018. Multilingual islands in a monolingual sea: language choice patterns during group work. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 21 (8) : 943–955.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | language choice | monolingualism | multilingualism | primary school

Language as a subject

Dutch, Flemish | Turkish

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This inquiry examines language choice patterns during group work of bilingual pupils (Turkish–Dutch) in two mainstream primary schools in Flanders (Belgium). Findings defy the presently ruling view in Flemish education, that a submersion method is the sole workable choice for bilingual pupils speaking a minority language.