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Luk Van Mensel has published on a variety of subjects in SLA and sociolinguistics, including multilingualism in the family, linguistic landscapes, economic aspects of multilingualism, language education policy, socio-affective factors and language learning, and bilingual education (CLIL).

For my publications, see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luk-Van-Mensel

Qualifications
- PhD in Linguistics, University of Namur (Belgium) - 2014
- MA in Linguistics, Ghent University (Belgium) - 2003
- MA in Eastern Languages and Cultures - Indology, Ghent University (Belgium) - 1998
- BA in Eastern Languages and Cultures - Indology, Ghent University (Belgium) - 1996
Experience
- Associate professor, XJTLU - 2022 to Present
- Guest professor, KU Leuven Campus Brussel - 2014 to 2022
- Lecturer, University of Namur - 2014 to 2022
- Lecturer, UCLouvain - 2014 to 2022
- Lecturer, VUB - 2014 to 2022
- Lecturer, ULB - 2014 to 2022
Research interests
- Multilingualism in the family
- Linguistic landscapes
- Economic aspects of multilingualism
- Language education policy
- Socio-affective factors and language learning
- Bilingual education
Articles
- PARMENTIER, C., SIMONIS, M., VAN MENSEL, L., HILIGSMANN, Ph., GALAND, B., LEFÈVRE, N., & SZMALEC, A. (in preparation). Language proficiency and study achievement of dyslexic children enrolled in immersion education in French-speaking Belgium.
- METTEWIE, L., VAN MENSEL, L., DE SMET, A., & GALAND, B. (submitted). Enjoyment, anxiety, and language learning motivation in CLIL and non-CLIL: a longitudinal approach. Language Teaching Research.
- VAN MENSEL, L., & VANDENBROUCKE, M. (submitted). Molenbeek: The layered semiotic landscape of a vilified neighborhood. Social semiotics.
- VAN MENSEL, L., & GALAND, B. (2022). Testing the predictive power of executive functions, motivation, and input on second-language vocabulary acquisition: A prospective study. European Journal of Psychology of Education. DOI: 10.1007/s10212-022-00597-x
- VAN MENSEL, L., & DE MEULDER, M. (2021). Exploring the multilingual family repertoire: ethnographic approaches. Editorial. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 42(8), 693-697.
- VAN MENSEL, L., & HILIGSMANN, Ph. (2021). Assessing CLIL: A multidisciplinary approach. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2021.1935441
- METTEWIE, L., & VAN MENSEL, L. (2020). Understanding foreign language education and bilingual education in Belgium: a (surreal) piece of cake. International Journal of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education.
- VAN MENSEL, L., BULON, A., HENDRIKX, I., MEUNIER, F., & VAN GOETHEM, K. (2020). Effects of input on L2 writing skills in English and Dutch: CLIL and non-CLIL learners in French-speaking Belgium. Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education, 8(2), 173-199. DOI: 10.1075/jicb.18034.van
- VAN MENSEL, L., HILIGSMANN, Ph., METTEWIE, L., & GALAND, B. (2020). CLIL, an elitist language learning approach? A background analysis of English and Dutch CLIL pupils in French-speaking Belgium. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 33(1), 1-14. DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2019.1571078
- VAN MENSEL, L., & HÉLOT, C. (2019). Multilingualism and education in the 21st century: Critical perspectives / Le multilinguisme en contexte éducatif au 21ème siècle : Perspectives critiques. Cahiers Internationaux de Sociolinguistique, 16, 9-17.
- DE SMET, A., METTEWIE, L., GALAND, B., HILIGSMANN, Ph., & VAN MENSEL, L. (2019). Does CLIL shape attitudes and motivations? Interactions with target languages and instruction levels. International Journal of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2019.1671308
- VAN MENSEL, L. (2018). ‘Quiere koffie?’ The multilingual familylect of transcultural families. International Journal of Multilingualism (Special Issue on Family Language Policy), 15(3), 233-248.
- VAN MENSEL, L. (2018). Multilingual families in a multilingual society. The language practices of three multilingual families in Brussels, Belgium. Chinese Journal of Language Policy and Planning, 13(1), 65-77.
- DE SMET, A., METTEWIE, L., GALAND, B., HILIGSMANN, Ph., & VAN MENSEL, L. (2018). Classroom anxiety and enjoyment in CLIL and non-CLIL: Does the target language matter? Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 8(1), 47-72.
- HILIGSMANN, Ph., VAN MENSEL, L., GALAND, B., METTEWIE, L., MEUNIER, F., SZMALEC, A., VAN GOETHEM, K., BULON, A., DE SMET, A., HENDRIKX, I., & SIMONIS, M. (2017). Assessing Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in French-speaking Belgium: linguistic, cognitive, and educational perspectives. Cahiers du Girsef, 109, 1-24.
- VAN MENSEL, L., & YAO, L.-H. (2017). “Ni yao shenme? Patatje?” Gezinstaalbeleid en meertalige praktijken in een Chinees migrantengezin in België. Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde, 133(3), 159-182.
- VAN MENSEL, L., & DECONINCK, J. (2017). Language learning motivation and projected desire: An interview study with parents of young language learners. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2016.1272543
- VAN MENSEL, L. (2016). Being a francophone parent in Dutch-medium education in Brussels: a tale of tensions and competing discourses. Minorités linguistiques et société (7), 195-211.
- VAN MENSEL, L. (2016). Children and choices. The effect of macro language policy on the individual agency of transnational parents in Brussels. Language Policy (15), 547-560. DOI: 10.1007/s10993-015-9391-x
- METTEWIE, L. & VAN MENSEL, L. (2009). Multilingualism at all costs: Language needs in business in Brussels. Sociolinguistica (23), 131-149.
- VAN MENSEL, L. & METTEWIE, L. (2008). De economische (meer)waarde van meertaligheid: Vreemde talen in het Brusselse bedrijfsleven. n/f (8), 101-124.
- VAN MENSEL, L., & JANSSENS, S. (2005). De ontwikkeling van productieve NT2 vaardigheden van Franstalige leerlingen in het Nederlandstalig onderwijs in Brussel. Toegepaste taalwetenschap in artikelen (73), 179-89.
Books, monographs, compilations and manuals
- Edited volumes
- GORTER, D., MARTEN, H. F. & VAN MENSEL, L. (2012). Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape. Basingstoke, Palgrave McMillan.
- WITTE, E., VAN MENSEL, L., PIERRARD, M., METTEWIE, L., HOUSEN, A., & DE GROOF, R. (2005). Language, Attitudes and Education in Multilingual Cities. Brussel, KVABWK.
- Special Issues (guest editor)
- VAN MENSEL, L., & DE MEULDER, M. (2021). Exploring the multilingual family repertoire: ethnographic approaches. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 42(8).
- With contributions by: M. De Meulder, A. Kusters & J. Napier, C. Smith-Christmas, J. Purkarthofer, F. Said, and L. Lanza.
- VAN MENSEL, L., & HILIGSMANN, Ph. (2021). Assessing CLIL: A multidisciplinary approach. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2021.1935441
- With contributions by: L. Mettewie, Ph.. Hiligsmann, A. Szmalec, B. Galand, F. Meunier, K. Van Goethem, A. Bulon, A. De Smet, I. Hendrikx, M. Simonis, L. Van Mensel.
- VAN MENSEL, L., & HÉLOT, C. (2019). Multilingualism and education in the 21st century: Critical perspectives / Le multilinguisme en contexte éducatif au 21ème siècle : Perspectives critiques. Cahiers Internationaux de Sociolinguistique, 16.
- With contributions by: K.M. Martin, G.Y. Aponte & O. Garcia, P. Prax-Dubois, J. Cummins, S. Tsiplakou, A. Paris & M.-Th. Farrugia, S. Hofmann & A. Hu, J. Cenoz & K. van der Worp.
Chapters, cases, readings and supplements
- VAN MENSEL, L. (in preparation). Everyday language practices in the family: ‘After the beep, say a command’. In: BONACINA-PUGH, F., Language Policy as Practice: The empirical turn in language policy research. Basingstoke, Palgrave McMillan.
- VAN MENSEL, L. (2021). Post-colonial re-memorization in the public space. A Patrice Lumumba square in Brussels. In: BLACKWOOD, R., & DUNLEVY, D., Multilingualism in the public space: Empowering and transforming communities. London, Bloomsbury, 159-176.
- VAN MENSEL, L. (2020). Multilingual family practices: An interactional study. In: CALIENDO, G., JANSSENS, R., SLEMBROUCK, S., & VAN AVERMAET, P., Urban multilingualism in the European Union: Bridging the gap between language policies and language practices. Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter, 141-164.
- GORTER, D. MARTEN, H. F., & VAN MENSEL, L. (2019). Linguistic Landscapes and Minority Languages. In: HOGAN-BRUN, G., & O’ ROURKE, B., Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities. Basingstoke, Palgrave McMillan, 481-506.
- VAN MENSEL, L., VANDENBROUCKE, M., & BLACKWOOD, R. (2016). Linguistic landscapes. In: GARCIA, O., SPOTTI, M., & FLORES, N., Oxford Handbook of Language and Society. Oxford, OUP, 423-449.
- METTEWIE, L., LAMARRE, P., & VAN MENSEL, L. (2012). Clins d’oeil bilingues dans le paysage linguistique de Montréal et Bruxelles: Analyse et illustration de mécanismes parallèles. In: HELOT, C., BARNI, M., JANSSENS, R., & BAGNA, C., Linguistic Landscapes, Multilingualism and Social Change. Bern, Peter Lang, 201-216.
- MARTEN, H. F., VAN MENSEL, L., & GORTER, D. (2012). Studying Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape. In: GORTER, D., MARTEN, H. F. & VAN MENSEL, L., Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape. Basingstoke, Palgrave McMillan, 1-18.
- VAN MENSEL, L., & DARQUENNES, J. (2012). All is Quiet on the Eastern Front? Language Contact along the French-German Language Border in Belgium. In: GORTER, D., MARTEN, H. F. & VAN MENSEL, L., Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape. Basingstoke, Palgrave McMillan, 164-182.
- VAN MENSEL, L., MARTEN, H. F., & GORTER, D. (2012). Minority Languages through the Lens of the Linguistic Landscape. In: GORTER, D., MARTEN, H. F. & VAN MENSEL, L., Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape. Basingstoke, Palgrave McMillan, 319-323.
- HOUSEN A., PIERRARD, M., JANSSENS, S., & VAN MENSEL, L. (2007). The development of reading and listening skills in French and Dutch by Francophone and Dutch-speaking pupils in Brussels. In: Van Looy, L., Coninx, M. & Lochtman, K. Onderwijsonderzoek : redelijk eigenzinnig ?! Brussel: VUBPress, 179-89.
- VAN MENSEL, L., & JANSSENS, S. (2005). A longitudinal survey of reading and listening skills in French and Dutch of Francophone and Dutch-speaking pupils in Brussels. In: Language, Attitudes & Education in Multilingual Cities. Brussel: KVABWK, 143-52.
- VAN MENSEL, L., HOUSEN, A., METTEWIE, L., & PIERRARD, M. (2005). Multilinguisme dans l'enseignement néerlandophone à Bruxelles: résultats d'une étude pilote. In: Language, attitudes and education in multilingual cities. Brussel: KVABWK, 133-42.
- VAN MENSEL, L. (2005). Nederlandse taalvaardigheid van Franstalige leerlingen in het Nederlandstalig onderwijs in Brussel: een longitudinaal onderzoek. In: Brusselse Thema’s 14. Brussel: VUBPress, 277-92.
- VAN MENSEL, L., HOUSEN, A., & PIERRARD, M. (2004). Taalvaardigheid van Nederlandstalige en Franstalige leerlingen in het Nederlandstalig secundair onderwijs in Brussel. In: Brusselse Thema’s 12. Brussel: VUBPress, 67-110.
Conference presentations
- Luk Van Mensel has been invited to give presentations at, and has organized many national and international conferences and colloquia.
Professional service activities
- Reviewer for book proposals
- Reviewer for edited volumes
- Reviewer for scientific journals
- Reviewer for Multilingua (De Gruyter, 2022)
- Reviewer for Language Matters (Taylor & Francis, 2021)
- Reviewer for Language and Communication (Elsevier, 2021)
- Reviewer for Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (Taylor & Francis, 2014, 2019a, 2019b, 2020a, 2020b, 2021, 2022)
- Reviewer for International Journal of Multilingualism (Taylor & Francis, 2020)
- Reviewer for Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (John Benjamins, 2018)
- Reviewer for Frontiers in psychology (2019)
- Reviewer for International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Taylor & Francis, 2013, 2015, 2018)
- Reviewer for International Journal of the Sociology of Language (De Gruyter, 2014)
- Reviewer for Language, Culture and Curriculum (Taylor & Francis, 2014)
- Reviewer for Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding (2022)
Courses taught
- LNG415 Globalization, language, and mobility
- LNG407 Second language acquisition
- LNG413 Multilingualism in society
Professional memberships
- Member of the AILA Research Network HOLM-ReN
- Collaborateur scientifique NaLTT, University of Namur (Belgium)
- Collaborateur scientifique ILC, UCLouvain (Belgium)
- Founding member of NALTT, Research Institute (University of Namur, Belgium)
- Member of the Scientific Committee of BRIO (VUB, Belgium)
- Member of Pluri-LL, Research Centre for Multilingualism (University of Namur, Belgium)
- Member of TeAMM, research group (UCLouvain, Belgium)
- Member of ANBF, the Association de néerlandistes de Belgique francophone

电话
+86 (0)51285186467
Email
Luk.VanMensel@xjtlu.edu.cn
地址
HS337(SIP Campus-Humanities & Social Sciences Building)
Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District
Suzhou Industrial Park
Suzhou
P.R.China
215123

Luk Van MenselPh.D.

Profile

Qualifications

Experience

Research interests

Articles

Books, monographs, compilations and manuals

Chapters, cases, readings and supplements

Conference presentations

Professional service activities

Courses taught

Professional memberships