Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A Different Kind of Study
  • The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • 1. Economic Transition and Language Status Change
  • Economic Crisis and Government Measures
  • Economic Diversification
  • Economic Transition and Social Change
  • Language Policy and Planning
  • 2. Political, Socioeconomic, and Language Development
  • Language and Cultural Origins
  • Political Development
  • Rise of Nationalism and Industrial Development
  • Conclusion: Language Use Development
  • 3. Language Use and Social Interaction
  • Government Domains
  • Public Domains
  • Social Interaction
  • Conclusion: Language and Social Capital
  • 4. Language Use and Schooling
  • National Education
  • Teacher Expectations and Classroom Practices
  • Evaluations and Examinations
  • Student Background
  • Conclusion: Language Policy Intent and Implementation
  • 5. Learning About and Teaching Languages: Upper and Middle Class Communities
  • The Kaisers: Portrait of an Upper Class Family
  • Learning About Languages
  • Learning How to Behave
  • Home to School Transition
  • The Schreibers: Portrait of a Middle Class Family
  • Teaching Languages and How to Behave
  • Home to School Adjustment
  • 6. Valuing Letzebuergesch: The Working Class
  • The Thill Family
  • Language Attitudes and Social Behavior
  • Home to School: Confusion Among Working Class Children
  • 7. Language Policy and Planning
  • Policy Intent
  • Policy Implementation
  • Policy Experience
  • Problems and Potential in Policy Level Analysis.