Study title

Pupil's performance on secondary education for Dutch language. education level of secondary schools / listening comprehension test / reading skills/ reading of tables, filling in a form, comprehension of a text / writing skills/ spelling, style, grammar / speaking skills/ repeating a story, linguistic usage, contents / listening skills/ composition of a conversation, intonation, context of a conversation / education supply / linguistic usage out of school / attitude of pupils towards writing and speaking/ fear ( of failure ) with writing and speaking. Background variables: basic characteristics/ education/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure