Het Nederlands wordt in Wallonië als eerste vreemde taal geleerd, koste wat het kost! Of bijna... De invloed van de socio-economische status van Waalse eerstejaars leerlingen op het vak Nederlands als eerste vreemde taal op de middelbare school
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- In the French-speaking side of Belgium, the Federation Wallonia-Brussels (FWB) as education system offers Walloon pupils the opportunity to learn Dutch, English or German as their first foreign language (FL1) in school. How many pupils choose Dutch as FL1 when making their way into secondary school? What underlies the choice to opt for this subject? Learning Dutch is not self-evident in Wallonia as opposed to English (Halink, 2020; Hambye, 2009; Hiligsmann & Rasier, 2015; Mettewie & Van Mensel, 2020). Nevertheless, the national language appears to be learned mainly because of its benefit for learners in the Belgian labour market (Degrave & Hiligsmann, 2021; De Smet et al., 2018; Lorette & Mettewie, 2013; Mettewie & Van Mensel, 2009, 2020; Van Mensel, 2016). It is further well known that socioeconomic factors affect children's school career (Bergonnier-Dupuy & Esparbès-Pistre, 2007; Crahay, 2000; Danhier & Jacobs, 2017; De Smet et al., 2018; Hambye, 2009; Liénard & Mangez, 2006; Pulinx et al., 2014; Tazouti et al., 2005). Consequently, this study aims to go further by investigating whether such factors could also influence the choice of Dutch as FL1 in secondary school. To this end, an online questionnaire is forwarded to as many schools as possible in Wallonia in order that parents of first-year pupils provide the necessary information about their socioeconomic status (SES) and the child's FL1. Survey participation was lower than predicted and prevents a definite answer to the research questions. Overall, the existing results show no significant effect of SES on the choice of Dutch as FL1.