Struggling with the languages of the ‘legitimate market’ and the ‘islets of liberty’ (Bourdieu). A case study of pupils with immigrational background in the trilingual school-system of Luxembourg

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ID21160153
AuthorsMarie-Paule Maurer-Hetto (University of Luxembourg, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume6
Issue1
Pages68-84
Publication date2009-02-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Multilingualism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1479-0718 • E-ISSN: 1747-7530
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14790710802541994
OpenAlexW2040125053
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

Two Portuguese children of immigrants were observed over a period of two years within the complex sociolinguistic context of the Luxembourgish multilingual school-system. The data allow the analysis of their relations with the languages they learn at school: Luxembourgish, German, French and Portuguese. The observations focus on the two pupils struggling with the languages of the ‘legitimate market’ and the ‘islets of liberty’ (Bourdieu). Their different strategies lead to opposite results: one manages to cope with the system, the other borders on failure. The theoretical frame of the study is based on socio-cultural theory (Vygotsky, 1962 Vygotsky, L. 1962. Thought and language, Cambridge, MA: MIT. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]), enhanced by the demands of a multilingual school. The study relies on a qualitative, ethnographically oriented methodology

Geography · German · Immigration · Linguistics · Multilingual Education · Multilingualism · Pedagogy · Political science · Portuguese · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy

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