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Contesting the monolingual mindset: practice versus policy: the case of Belgium

July De Wilde (UGent) , Ellen Van Praet (UGent) and Pascal Rillof
(2016) JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND POLITICS. 15(2). p.121-146
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This paper focuses on the day-to-day practices of service providers working with multilingual immigrants. It reports on 74 video recorded conversations between service providers and immigrant mothers, drawing on ethnographic fieldwork at Kind en Gezin, the organization that monitors childcare for the Flemish authorities in Belgium. In discussing the findings, we focus on two principal themes: First, we demonstrate what the language requirements enshrined in Belgium’s language policies entail for the day-to-day practices of service providers working with multilingual clients. Secondly, we argue that, in superdiverse contexts, the growing need is towards delegitimizing language policy makers’ protectionist claim that the national language should be the only language used in public service encounters.
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superdiversity, new speakers, multilingualism, language ideology, service encounters

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MLA
De Wilde, July, et al. “Contesting the Monolingual Mindset: Practice versus Policy: The Case of Belgium.” JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND POLITICS, edited by Michal Krzyzanowski, vol. 15, no. 2, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016, pp. 121–46, doi:10.1075/jlp.15.201dew.
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De Wilde, J., Van Praet, E., & Rillof, P. (2016). Contesting the monolingual mindset: practice versus policy: the case of Belgium. JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND POLITICS, 15(2), 121–146. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.15.201dew
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De Wilde, July, Ellen Van Praet, and Pascal Rillof. 2016. “Contesting the Monolingual Mindset: Practice versus Policy: The Case of Belgium.” Edited by Michal Krzyzanowski. JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND POLITICS 15 (2): 121–46. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.15.201dew.
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De Wilde, July, Ellen Van Praet, and Pascal Rillof. 2016. “Contesting the Monolingual Mindset: Practice versus Policy: The Case of Belgium.” Ed by. Michal Krzyzanowski. JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND POLITICS 15 (2): 121–146. doi:10.1075/jlp.15.201dew.
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De Wilde J, Van Praet E, Rillof P. Contesting the monolingual mindset: practice versus policy: the case of Belgium. Krzyzanowski M, editor. JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND POLITICS. 2016;15(2):121–46.
IEEE
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J. De Wilde, E. Van Praet, and P. Rillof, “Contesting the monolingual mindset: practice versus policy: the case of Belgium,” JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND POLITICS, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 121–146, 2016.
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  editor       = {{Krzyzanowski, Michal}},
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  publisher    = {{John Benjamins Publishing Company}},
  title        = {{Contesting the monolingual mindset: practice versus policy: the case of Belgium}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.15.201dew}},
  volume       = {{15}},
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