Bilingual Teaching in Belgian Schools : Being the Report on a Visit to Belgian Schools as Gilchrist Travelling Student Presented to the Court of the University of Wales (Classic Reprint)

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Though the majority of Belgians are Flemings the official language of Belgium was for many years French, and is so to a certain extent at the present time; but the progress of the Flemish movement which has for its object the maintenance of the Flemish tongue in Flanders, and indeed the spread of the language throughout Belgium, has brought about great changes, and tends to make the Belgians more and more a bilingual people. A glance at Belgium's chequered history accounts for the domi nant position that French has held. Perhaps no country in Europe has seen such changes of govern ment, such a variety of rulers as Belgium - at any rate during the last three centuries. In the seven teenth century it formed a part of the Spanish dominions, then, after coming under Austrian rule, it formed part of the French Empire till the Battle of Waterloo, when it was united with Holland and the two countries constituted the monarchy of Holland and Belgium. This kingdom only lasted till 1830.

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