Mehrsprachiger Unterricht: Sprachanforderungen stellen Schüler an luxemburgischen Schulen vor Herausforderungen | RTL heute

Our history and geography are the reason for it. We used to speak Luxembourgish in class, and use the French/German „official“ words in subjects like math, geography, history, etc. I do believe that some people have trouble following because of the languages, but wouldn’t the exposure to the languages actually help the students?

I’ve heard non-natives say it was hard because everything was in German and once it switched to French school got easier. But natives also tell me is was all good until it switched to French. You win some, you lose some.

Not this again…
Welcome to Luxembourg. Yes this makes school difficult and no we should not change it.
Luxembourg is *defined* by its position between Belgium, France and Germany and this means that we must learn those languages. And yes, it also means we should teach non-language subjects in those foreign langiages too, so students learn the technical terms in those languages too.

It would be a good idea to facilitate things by making some time in the curriculum for teachers to teach the technical terms in lessons reserved for that purpose but simply omitting languages/only sticking to one language will further lower the value of diplomas that students earn here.

Yes, it’s difficult but generations of students have survived and thrived before. The fact that Meisch’s international schools score horribly in rankings should be enough proof that making things ever easier is a major disservice to the young.
We owe them decent education. Decent does not mean easy, it means fair and with purpose.