<div dir="ltr"><h1>Thesis<span class=""><a class="" href="http://skemman.is/en/institution/view/1946/2057">University of Iceland</a><em>></em><a class="" href="http://skemman.is/en/category/view/1946/2062">Hugvísindasvið</a><em>></em><a class="" href="http://skemman.is/en/collection/view/1946/2092">B.A. verkefni</a><em>></em></span></h1><p class="">Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1946/24009">http://hdl.handle.net/1946/24009</a></p><div class=""><span class="">Title</span><div class=""><p class="">Official Language and Education Policies. In Monolingual Iceland and Multilingual Luxembourg<br></p></div></div><div class=""><span class="">Author</span><div class=""><ul><li><a class="" href="http://skemman.is/en/browse/author/Hildur+J%C3%B3na+Ragnarsd%C3%B3ttir+1994">Hildur Jóna Ragnarsdóttir 1994</a></li></ul></div></div><div class=""><span class="">Advisor</span><div class=""><ul><li><a class="" href="http://skemman.is/en/browse/advisor/Birna+Arnbj%C3%B6rnsd%C3%B3ttir+1952">Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir 1952</a></li></ul></div></div><div class=""><span class="">Keyword</span><div class=""><ul><li><a class="" href="http://skemman.is/en/browse/subject/Enska">Enska</a></li></ul></div></div><div class=""><span class="">Submitted</span><div class="">May 2016</div></div><div class=""><span class="">Abstract</span><div class=""><p class="">This
thesis describes the official language and language education policies
of monolingual Iceland and multilingual Luxembourg. These policies are
then compared and contrasted and their practical implementations
examined. Iceland places emphasis on the preservation of its national
language, Icelandic, to stem possible linguistic influences and domain
loss of the language due to globalization and the rise of the English
language at all levels of the Icelandic society. Therefore Iceland’s
language policy can be seen as taking a monolingual stance. But English
and various other foreign languages are offered in the Icelandic school
system with some schools even starting formal English language courses
before the official instruction in 4th grade. As Luxembourg is situated
in the heart of Europe, its neighbours’ languages influence its official
language policies. Luxembourg has three official languages and
consequently its school system is multilingual as well, putting a lot of
emphasis on French and German language instruction but not as much on
its national language, Luxembourgish. There can be advantages and
disadvantages to both a monolingual and multilingual language policy and
culture. The preservation of one’s national language in all domains of
society as it is done in Iceland is important for the preservation of
the country’s culture and linguistic past but it is also important to be
able to communicate outside of one’s own country or with foreigners
inside one’s country. With a high percentage of foreigners living and
working in Luxembourg it is evident that a multicultural society is
created and the need for multiple languages is a necessity as well as a
great asset for all residents. Nevertheless it is also important to keep
the national language in this kind of multicultural society as active
as possible.<br></p></div></div><div class=""><span class="">Accepted</span><div class="">26/04/2016</div></div><div class=""><span class="">URI</span><div class=""><a class="" href="http://hdl.handle.net/1946/24009">http://hdl.handle.net/1946/24009</a></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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