LL-L "Language policies" 2004.01.10 (05) [D/E]

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From: Floor en Lyanne van Lamoen <fvanlamoen at planet.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Language policies" 2004.01.09 (02) [D/E]

Dear Roger,

>From: Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc. <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>
>Subject: Education
>
>Read on NOS teletekst (Dutch TV Ceefax) today:
<...>
>HEERENVEEN Burgemeester De Jonge van  Heerenveen wil dat plattelandsscholen
>in Friesland sluiten.Kinderen moeten  dan in grotere plaatsen naar school,
>om de leer[a]chterstand van Friese kinderen  te bestrijden. Die zijn
>relatief zwak in lezen en rekenen.
>---
>
>A proposal by the mayor of Heerenveen to drain kids from rural schools to
>schools in towns, for improving their results.
>
>Has this to do with language, since Dutch rather than Frisian is the
>conversation language in towns?

It is also mentioned in this Ceefax message that kids in Fryslân are weak in
language AND mathematics (calculations). It seems to me that this cannot be
tracked back to language alone. Other reasons may be social economic and
cultural.

Mayor De Jonge's proposal is at least remarkable, because in general it
turns out that schools in rural areas have better results than in bigger
cities (esp. in de Randstad). I guess his proposal is mainly meant to
provoke discussion on how to improve quality of the Frisian schools. Perhaps
the hope is also that more money can be extracted from the Ministry of
Education - the Dutch government is easier attracted to problems in de
Randstad than in the periphery of the country, a provoking idea may open the
eyes.

Kind regards,
Floor van Lamoen.

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language policies

Ik schreef vandaag:

> ... Echter is het waar dat er vele lofwaardige uitzonderingen,
> voornamelijk onder leraren en geestelijken, waren. De directeur van een
van
> ons middenscholen sprak dikwels Nedersaksisch ("Platduits"), zelfs in
> openbare toespraken, hoewel zijn gedrag niet in overeenstemming met het
> onderwijsplan van die jaren was. Zijn indirect bericht aan ons was "U moet
> niet alleen 'goed Duits' spreken om geacht te worden. U kan ook van je
eigen
> taal houden en het gebruiken". Dit maakte een blijvende indruk op
tenminste
> een leerling ...

Verbetering: ... één leerling

(Maar ik neem aan dat andere correcties nodig zijn. Tenminste *probeer* ik
in het Nederlands en in andere Laaglandse talen te schrijven en daardoor aan
te duiden dat men op deze lijst talen gebruiken kan die men leert, en dat
fouten niet het eind van de wereld betekenen. Bovendien hebben sommige
fouten "entertainment value".)

Groeten,
Reinhard/Ron

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