Education policy of language and making consideration to the linguistic human rights for immigrants in Luxembourg

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26870352
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Foreign language education; Linguistics
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Ogawa Atsushi 大阪大学, 言語文化研究科(言語文化専攻), 准教授 (00622482)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 言語的人権 / 識字教育 / 言語政策 / 移民

Outline of Final Research Achievements

For the elementary education in Luxembourg, German is used as a medium language. This study exemplified the individualized supports in education that, for example, French and indigenous Luxembourgish were employed as communication tools in special classrooms, and that French were unofficially needed in regular classes for some situations. In addition, the study revealed that the activities of immigrant-support groups were not only useful for the inheritance of the native languages and fostering of the self-esteem but played an important role in learning German among the immigrant children. On the other hand, the statistical data indicated that these struggles in education have not linked to shrinking socioeconomic inequality between the population stratified by some variables including usable language and home background of education yet.

Free Research Field

社会言語学