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Direct linkPulinx, Reinhilde; Van Avermaet, Piet; Agirdag, Orhan – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
This article aims to deepen our understanding of the dynamic interaction between language policies, school characteristics and teachers' beliefs about monolingualism. The study takes place in Flanders (Belgium), a region characterized by educational policies which are based on a stringent monolingual ideology. Based on a survey of 775 teachers…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, Educational Policy, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Agirdag, Orhan – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2010
A growing body of empirical studies indicates the educational benefits of bilingualism. Despite this tendency, bilingual minority students are being pressured by school authorities to shed their mother tongues. We conducted qualitative interviews with Turkish-bilingual and native-monolingual students in Flemish (Belgium) secondary schools to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Second Language Learning, Educational Benefits, Monolingualism
