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Direct linkGruber, Alice; Hopwood, Oliver – Language Learning Journal, 2022
International comparative curriculum research is becoming more important in a globalised world. However, up-to-date comparative studies of international foreign language education policies are still rare. This study compares current modern foreign language curricula in England with that in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia in Germany at Key…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Policy
Koglbauer, René – Language Learning Journal, 2022
Ofsted's (2021) Curriculum research review for languages (OCRR) draws conclusion on what 'high-quality language education' may look like. This opinion piece problematises the status of these conclusions as 'features' or recommendations. Before delving into a selection of identified 'features' in more depth, the author highlights the complexity of…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Faculty Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Milton, James; Hopwood, Oliver – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The vocabulary content of the French MFL curriculum in England has received criticism (Häcker, M. 2008. Eleven pets and 20 ways to express one's opinion: the vocabulary learners of German acquire at English secondary schools. "The Language Learning Journal" 36, no. 2: 215-26; Tschichold, C. 2012. French vocabulary in Encore…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lanvers, Ursula; Graham, Suzanne – Language Learning Journal, 2022
With the UK entering its fourth decade of this crisis with no end in sight, it is timely to ask how current policy directions for language learning beyond the compulsory phase (currently age 14 in all 4 UK nations) align with learners' psychological needs in relation to language learning. After a review of these psychological needs within…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Psychological Needs
Woore, Robert; Molway, Laura; Macaro, Ernesto – Language Learning Journal, 2022
This article offers a critical perspective on Ofsted's (2021) "Curriculum Research Review for Languages" (OCRR). Whilst the OCRR contains much that we would agree with (including its underpinning principle of drawing on research evidence to inform policy and pedagogy), we are nevertheless concerned that it could result in unintended…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Coffey, Simon – Language Learning Journal, 2022
This article reflects on the epistemological steamrolling that the 2021 Ofsted Curriculum Research Review (OCRR) accomplishes: in part, by the positioning of the problem and solution through highly selective cherry-picking (omitting key causal factors); in part, through the discursive move of acknowledging complexity before offering simple and…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
Blow, David; Myers, Helen – Language Learning Journal, 2022
In the high-stakes accountability English educational system, decisions made by government and agencies about curriculum, pedagogy and assessment drive school planning and actions. This paper analyses the drivers for the recent change to French German and Spanish GCSEs and highlights particular areas of the new specification which may damage the…
Descriptors: French, German, Spanish, Second Language Learning
