Projects
Language policy section tailored to secondary schools in the Vlaamse Rand around Brussels KU Leuven
As part of the assignment to support secondary schools, vzw 'de Rand' deploys school support staff to work with schools on the theme. The school support staff map out the needs of the schools, they support the schools in the development and implementation of their language policy, parent policy and opportunities to practice Dutch outside of class hours and school walls. 'De Rand' works together with the CTO to organize a training course for ...
Language policy training program tailored to secondary schools in the Flemish periphery around Brussels. KU Leuven
Within this training programme, the Center for Language and Education (CTO) develops the necessary know-how among the participants to develop an effective language policy with the aim of strengthening their education and their students. They base this on recent (language learning) research and train core teams to become language policy experts. The core teams are given the necessary tools to involve the school team in developing and ...
Language and cultural policy as key to international competitiveness for SMEs HOGENT
Assessing high-stakes assumptions. A longitudinal mixed-methods study of university entrance language tests, and of the policy that relies on them. KU Leuven
Scientific summary
In Flanders, Belgium, most international L2 students are required to pass a B2 Dutch language test before they can enroll at university. Students who spent the final two years of secondary school in Flanders are exempt from this requirement. The two main tests used in the international L2 admission policy, are ITNA and STRT.
Even though these tests are used for the same purpose, they differ substantially in ...
Training ‘Language policy’ for secundary schools in Leuven – Ciry of Leuven KU Leuven
In the school year 2014-2015 language policy teams from 14 secondary schools in Leuven received a basic training 'Language Policy Expert' from the Center for Language and Education. In the school year 2015-2016 the language policy teams are supported in the development and implementation of language policy at their own school. The Center for Language and Education specifically supports in determining a focus, develop a shared vision for ...
Training Language policy for primary education in Genk . KU Leuven
Training 'Expert in language policy for primary education in Brussels. KU Leuven
An empirical study of language tests as part of an integration policy. Implications for low-educated, low literate migrants. KU Leuven
In applied linguistics, there is comparatively little theoretical or empirical research into low-literate, low-educated (LESLLA) learners. The characteristics of a language test that can be used for these L2 learners in the context of migration have not typically been the topic of research. At the same time, in a growing number of European nations, LESLLA migrants are required to prove proficiency in an official language of the host country ...