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Peer reviewedBellingham, Lois – Babel, 2000
Reviews research on language learning and age, and presents a summary of the conclusions on second language acquisition and mature age learners from key writers in the field. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Age, Foreign Countries, Language Research, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedKleinsasser, Robert C. – Babel, 2000
Provides a brief outline of six key issues that have been recurrent in the field of language education and seeks to promote further discussion of these issues. The outline is based on reviews of the relevant contents of three sources that are widely read by language educators in Australia. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Language Research, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedLiddicoat, Anthony J. – Babel, 2002
Considers the future challenges for languages in Australia. Discusses the place of language in policy, the place of languages in the curriculum, the role of professional associations, and redeveloping a constituency for languages. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedLeal, Barry – Babel, 1989
Discusses why there has been a decline in the political and educational pressure to learn languages other than English in Australia. Recent political, economic, and educational changes are outlined that encourage the study of European and Asian languages. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, English, Enrollment Trends
Direct linkRitchie, Annabelle – Babel, 2005
The study of curriculum materials is of interest to social researchers seeking to understand the social constructions of reality. All texts embody a number of purposeful choices about how reality is to be represented, and these choices have consequences for what is "foregrounded, backgrounded, placed in the margins, distorted, short-cut,…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Social Class, Textbooks, Values
