Ara City Radio

By the time they're 13, most children in the Luxembourgish school system will have switched course languages 3 times. From learning in Luxembourgish in pre-school, to learning how to read and write in primary school in German, to then switching to French for some of the subjects once they are in 7th grade. This can be difficult for students who don't encounter these languages at home. So in this episode of Whine and Shine, we're looking at why this system exists, what its benefits are and what is done to help students of different linguist backgrounds succeed too.