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Do students’ language backgrounds explain achievement differences in the Luxembourgish education system?
Simoes Lourêiro, Kevin; Hadjar, Andreas; Scharf, Jan et al.
2019In Ethnicities, 19 (6), p. 1202-1228
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Keywords :
educational inequalities; achievement; language background; social origin; immigrant origin; Luxembourg
Abstract :
[en] What is the role of students’ language background in school success within the multilingual and highly stratified education system in Luxembourg? Considering achievement differences in terms of the primary effects of social and ethnic origin, we assume that students of a disadvantaged social origin (e.g. working class), with an immigrant background, who speak languages at home other than Luxembourg’s official languages show lower school achievements and are placed into lower school tracks. Analyses are based on the data of Luxembourgish primary (grades 4/5) and secondary students (grades 7/8) from two consecutive survey waves in 2016/2017 (for the international project SASAL – School Alienation in Switzerland and Luxembourg). The results indicate language background has only marginal effects, but social and immigrant origin has stronger effects.
Disciplines :
Education & instruction
Sociology & social sciences
Author, co-author :
Simoes Lourêiro, Kevin ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS)
Hadjar, Andreas  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS)
Scharf, Jan
Grecu, Alyssa Laureen ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Do students’ language backgrounds explain achievement differences in the Luxembourgish education system?
Publication date :
2019
Journal title :
Ethnicities
ISSN :
1741-2706
Publisher :
SAGE Publications, New York, United States - New York
Volume :
19
Issue :
6
Pages :
1202-1228
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Focus Area :
Educational Sciences
FnR Project :
FNR9857103 - School Alienation In Switzerland And Luxembourg, 2014 (01/09/2015-31/08/2019) - Andreas Hadjar
Name of the research project :
SASAL - School Alienation in Switzerland and Luxembourg
Funders :
FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche [LU]
SNSF - Swiss National Science Foundation [CH]
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