Trilingual Education in Switzerland

Bibliographic Data

ID4179736
AuthorsClaudine Brohy (University of Fribourg, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume2005
Issue171
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ijsl.2005.2005.171.133
OpenAlexW2031288471
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited3

The Swiss Confederation is known for its historical multilingualism. The four national languages are, however, unequally distributed among its inhabitants. Individual foreign-language competence, including English, also varies strongly. The educational system reflects cantonal differences. The article distinguishes between strong, intermediate, and weak forms of trilingual education. The strong form can be found at university level, the intermediate form includes all bilingual models with a course in one additional language, and the weak form is found frequently, in particular, in secondary education. A new model of multilingualism emerges with two national languages, plus English. Research has thus far dealt mainly with the outcomes of bilingual education, but in the near future will focus more on the differences between second- and third-language learning and the outcomes of trilingual education

Bilingual education · Foreign language · Linguistics · Multilingual Education · Multilingualism · National language · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy · Linguistic research and analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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