Deze inventarisatiestudie laat zien hoe mbo-docenten Nederlands en Engels denken en rapporteren over hun handelen ten aanzien van het erkennen en benutten van meertalige competenties voor studie en beroep. Met betrekking tot studie laten de resultaten zien dat docenten twijfelen aan de voordelen van …

Background: Early and effective treatment for children with developmental language disorder (DLD) is important. Although a growing body of research shows the effects of interventions at the group level, clinicians observe large individual differences in language growth, and differences in outcomes across language …

Most FLP research focuses on intrafamily communication (1FLP) and how this is impacted by larger contexts. But what happens when different multilingual families interact intensively on a daily basis? This article analyses language use during a holiday in India in and between four deaf-hearing befriended …

The purpose of this study was to determine if there are differences in overall language ability and vocabulary of either Australian or overseas born bilingual Dutch–English children and the possible parental influence on these children’s language development. The participants were 86 children aged 4–12 …

Inaugurele rede uitgesproken in verkorte vorm bij de aanvaarding van de positie van lector Meertaligheid en Geletterdheid aan de NHL Stenden Hogeschool. In deze rede gaat Joana Duarte dieper in op het thema meertaligheid in het onderwijs vanuit een sociolinguïstisch perspectief op het noorden van …

In autumn 2016, Malmö University started two “fast track” trajectories for teachers with refugee backgrounds. The participants were offered an education of 26 weeks as an introduction to the Swedish school system, consisting of content courses, professional Swedish and workplace learning. The aim of …

The power of the European Union’s language policy is limited, since it runs its policy based on the principle of subsidiarity. However, this does not mean the EU cannot exert pressure on the member states and thus, influence national language policies. As European countries increasingly focus on the …

Meertalige maatschappij vraagt om onderwijs gericht op meer brontalen en doeltalen (ook minderheidstalen en immigrantentalen). Leeropbrengsten in meer talen in systeem ter vergelijking van bijvoorbeeld Fries-Nederlands-Engels. Bekwaamheid leraren betreft eigen taalvaardigheid en reflectie, toepassing …