Languages, dialects and educational achievement ...

This item focuses on the development of usage of Standard Dutch versus regional languages and dialects. It alsoexplores the relation between language choice and language and mathematics test performance of young children. Datawere collected in 2014 and the sample analyzed included 3,639 grade 2 pupils from 437 Dutch primary schools. Theresults of the present analyses were compared with those from analyses performed on similar data collected twentyyears earlier, in 1994. Findings show that there has been dramatic decline in usage of regional languages and dialects.No correlation was found betwe... Mehr ...