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Identity, Investment and Language Learning Strategies of Two Syrian Students in Syria and Britain
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Hajar, Anas – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2017
This paper reports on a longitudinal phenomenographic inquiry into understanding how two postgraduate Syrian students' ways of approaching English language learning in their homelands influenced the shape of their personal study abroad goals, language strategy use and L2 identity. It is guided by Norton's [(2013). "Identity and language…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, Longitudinal Studies
Attainment Gaps between the Most Deprived and Advantaged Schools: A Summary and Discussion of Research by the Education Research Group at the London School of Economics
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Sutton Trust, 2009
One of the defining characteristics of countries, such as the United Kingdom, with low social mobility are stark, persistent gaps in the school results between children from deprived backgrounds and their more advantaged counterparts. Far from acting as the great social leveler, education systems can perpetuate inequalities, and enable the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Achievement Gap, Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Schools