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Language-in-education policy in Aruba: Ideologies, classroom realities and linguistic justice in secondary schools
van Donselaar, Bart
Van Oss, Victoria Mijts, Eric
Van Oss, Victoria
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Aruba
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2026-04-24
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Attribution 4.0 International
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11th Spring Research Conference on Multilingual Acquisition
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Abstract
Aruba’s sociolinguistic context is marked by a striking contrast: while Papiamento dominates as the home language of the majority, Dutch is the primary
medium of instruction in most secondary schools (Mijts, 2021). This contrast raises critical questions about language-in education policies and practices. The goal is to understand: (1) what ideologies underlie language-in-education policies and practices in Aruba (Mijts, 2021), and (2) what implications these
policies and practices have for language acquisition and linguistic justice (Piller, 2016).
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van Donselaar, B., Van Oss, V., Mijts, E., & Surmont, J. (2026). Language-in-education policy in Aruba: Ideologies, classroom realities and linguistic justice in secondary schools. 11th Spring Research Conference on Multilingual Acquisition (SRC), Barcelona. Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19663943
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https://doi.org/10.3030/101178914
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11th Spring Research Conference on Multilingual Acquisition
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Sociolinguists
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Linguists
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