Chicken or egg?: Towards strong language education in primary school

Language is a vicious vehicle. We need language to teach the subject matter at school
can understand and learn and refine that language at the same school.
Language acquisition has been a chicken and egg problem from the very beginning: the teacher packs all kinds of knowledge and skills into language and the children need exactly the same language to be able to open the package. How do we overcome this chicken-eni problem in primary education? How do we ensure that all children have every opportunity to achieve maximum language learning?

In this Learning Power, Carolien Frijns (Artevelde University College) takes you on a very pleasant and fascinating walk through language learning country. You will find clear insights from international research, interspersed with practical examples and concrete ideas for educational practice.