"There is widespread concern in all English speaking countries at the rapid decline in study of languages. The promise of 'languages for all' in the UK and North America in the 1970s marked a shift from languages as ľite subjects for the privileged few, but this promise has not been...

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Hauptverfasser:	Cruickshank, Ken (VerfasserIn), Black, Stephen (VerfasserIn), Chen, Honglin (VerfasserIn), Tsung, Linda T. H. 1953- (VerfasserIn), Wright, Jan 1948- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2021
Ausgabe:	paperback edition
Schlagworte:	Teaching of a specific subject / bicssc Language and languages / Study and teaching Language and culture / Study and teaching Language and languages / Social aspects
Zusammenfassung:	"There is widespread concern in all English speaking countries at the rapid decline in study of languages. The promise of 'languages for all' in the UK and North America in the 1970s marked a shift from languages as ľite subjects for the privileged few, but this promise has not been fulfilled. This book explores the reasons for and solutions to this decline. More importantly, it looks at how these trends have been reversed in successful school programs and the implications of this for language education policy makers. The study draws on an analysis of data from 600 primary, secondary and community languages schools over six years and from detailed case studies in a representative sample of 45 successful schools. The book proposes a range of strategies to address the decline: from engaging classroom learning, assessment outcomes and embedding languages as central in school curriculum on the one level, to a mix of incentives and mandation for language study, especially at upper secondary school level. The authors explore the impact of learning languages on the thinking, educational experiences and outcomes of young people across a range of ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses. They show the importance of having equal access to languages study in a world where young people will have increasingly more diverse working lives and argue that the gap in languages between policy and uptake is really a gap in the thinking of policy makers and government."
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index 1. Issues in the Provision and Uptake of Languages -- 2. Principals' Perspectives on the Study of Languages -- 3. Secondary School Language Teachers' Identities and Experiences -- 4. Being a Languages Teacher in NSW Primary Schools -- 5. Parental Perceptions and Attitudes to Language Study -- 6. Student Attitudes to Languages Study -- 7. Language Provision in Primary Schools -- 8. Secondary School Languages -- 9. Teaching Chinese in Australia: A Case Study -- 10. Languages Curriculum and Change -- References -- Index. - Mode of access: World Wide Web
Beschreibung:	ix, 234 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:	9781350069466 9781350192584