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OECD Publishing, 2021
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) assesses the extent to which 15-year-old students near the end of their compulsory education have acquired the knowledge and skills essential for full participation in modern societies. The assessment does not just ascertain whether students can reproduce knowledge; it also examines…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries
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Campos, Julia – L2 Journal, 2015
Worldwide, education promises a better future for aspiring generations. However, our current educational landscape has been shaped by neoliberal thinking, and is thus often oriented toward economic objectives. In Germany "Bildung" is a notion coined by philosophers representing a broad liberal and critical education, and the cultural and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, German, Labor Market, Second Language Learning