Taal en Tongval - Volume 68, Issue 1, 2016

Abstract Language variety and educational achievement of indigenous primary school pupils This article explores the relations between language and mathematics test performance and a range of language related characteristics. The sample consists of 3,639 grade 2 pupils from 437 Dutch primary schools. Data were collected in 2014. The main question is whether pupils who speak Standard Dutch at home perform better t Read More

Abstract1 Between Oudorp and Oldorp: to what extent do place names obey isoglosses? A widely known isogloss in the Dutch-German linguistic region separates a western area with the phoneme [ʌu] (rendered as or ), followed by a dental consonant (like in oud ‘old’ and hout ‘wood’ on the one hand, and an eastern area with [ɔl], followed by a dental consonant, on the other. The vocalization of /l/ started in the southwestern Read More

Abstract National variation in foreign language teaching: a tool for intra-linguistic curriculum analysis This article proposes an evaluation instrument (‘pluricentricity checklist’) for coursebook analysis focusing on (standard) language variation. The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages advocates the development of language learners’ and users’ sociolinguistic competencies, which include linguistic awarenes Read More