The «Llei d’ús i ensenyament del valencià» and the configuration of the valencian multilingual educational system

Abstract

In this article we want to make a historical approach to the development of multilingual education in the Valencian Community. In the first part we will review some facts that seem significant to explain the situation of the Valencian educational system in relation to the teaching of the language before the approval of the Law of use and education of Valencian (LUEV). In the second part, we will describe the deployment of the Valencian educational system from the approval of the LUEV to analyse how an initially bilingual and, subsequently multilingual, system has been configured and identify the strengths and weaknesses of the different educational programs that have been have applied within the framework of the LUEV.