Language, Ethnicity and Education

by Broeder, Peter; Extra, Guus

• ISBN13: 9781853594304
• ISBN10: 185359430X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-09-23
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction
1 Demographic perspectives: Case studies on immigrant minority groups in population statistics	1	(22)
1.1 Aims and method	1	(1)
1.2 European Union statistics on immigrant minority groups	1	(7)
1.2.1 Comparative European Union statistics	2	(2)
1.2.2 The Netherlands as case study	4	(4)
1.3 Census experiences in English-dominant immigration countries	8	(11)
1.3.1 Australia	8	(3)
1.3.2 Canada	11	(2)
1.3.3 The United States	13	(3)
1.3.4 South Africa	16	(3)
1.4 Conclusions and discussion	19	(4)
2 Sociolinguistic perspectives: Case studies on the vitality of immigrant minority languages	23	(50)
2.1 Aims and method	23	(1)
2.2 Language-related criteria as determinants of ethnicity	24	(11)
2.2.1 Feasibility study	24	(5)
2.2.2 Validation study	29	(5)
2.2.3 Evaluation	34	(1)
2.3 Home language survey	35	(5)
2.4 Status and use of the most frequently mentioned languages	40	(28)
2.4.1 Turkish	41	(2)
2.4.2 Arabic	43	(4)
2.4.3 Berber	47	(1)
2.4.4 Papiamentu	48	(3)
2.4.5 English	51	(2)
2.4.6 Sranan/Surinamese	53	(4)
2.4.7 Chinese	57	(2)
2.4.8 Malay	59	(2)
2.4.9 Spanish	61	(2)
2.4.10 Hind(ustan)i	63	(4)
2.4.11 Romanes	67	(1)
2.5 Conclusions and discussion	68	(5)
3 Educational perspectives: Case studies on the status of immigrant minority languages in education	73	(38)
3.1 Aims and method	73	(1)
3.2 Educational experiences in European Union countries	74	(31)
3.2.1 Belgium	74	(3)
3.2.2 France	77	(5)
3.2.3 Germany	82	(5)
3.2.4 Great Britain	87	(6)
3.2.5 The Netherlands	93	(7)
3.2.6 Sweden	100	(5)
3.3 Conclusions and discussion	105	(6)
References	111	(10)
Appendices	121
1 Home language survey: instruction and questionnaire	121	(4)
2 Questionnaire on IMLI in compulsory education	125	(4)
3 Directive 77/486 of the CEC (1977)	129