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Laurence Mettewie

Laurence Mettewie

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Biography

Her research revolves around a common theme: languages and multilingualism in the Belgian community context. She studies the impact on language acquisition of relationships between dominant linguistic communities, socio-psychological factors and contact situations in the school environment; the context and results of bilingual education; the multilingual needs of companies in Brussels and the resulting costs; and the linguistic landscape (and reactions to it) as an indicator of relationships between linguistic communities. This research is often carried out in a comparative perspective with Canada.

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Domains of expertise

  • Socio-affective variables in language learning (attitudes, motivation, emotions)
  • Bilingual Education (CLIL, immersion)
  • Linguistic landscape
  • Bilingualism and acquisition of Dutch as an FL/L2
  • Languages and business.

Degrees

Doctorate in linguistics (VUB, 2004) Doctoraat in de taalkunde.

The thesis is available here.

2025-2026

2024-2025

2023-2024

2022-2023

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