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Gruber, 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
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Rouffet, Charline; van Beuningen, Catherine; de Graaff, Rick – Language Learning Journal, 2023
While Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is recognised as an effective approach worldwide, its implementation in foreign language (FL) classrooms remains difficult. Earlier studies have identified factors impeding CLT implementation, such as a lack of communicative lesson materials or teachers' more traditional views on language learning. In…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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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
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Huang, Junsheng; Andrews, Stephen – Language Learning Journal, 2010
Language learner strategies (LLS) have long been viewed as a variable of individual differences, or as cognitive skills. This study, focusing as it does on the data taken from a series of focus groups with 47 senior secondary students in mainland China, seeks a new interpretation of strategy development and use from a sociocultural perspective.…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Sociocultural Patterns, Focus Groups, Learning Strategies
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Webb, Vic; Lafon, Michel; Pare, Phillip – Language Learning Journal, 2010
The main argument of this overview article is that the Bantu languages of South Africa should have a far more significant role in education. We contend that the strong preference for English as medium of instruction among black learners is largely responsible for their inadequate educational performance, particularly since most of these learners…
Descriptors: African Languages, Blacks, Educational Objectives, Official Languages
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McPake, Joanna; Tinsley, Teresa; James, Ceri – Language Learning Journal, 2007
In UK schools, as elsewhere, linguistic diversity is on the rise. Changing patterns of migration and settlement mean that schools in areas where once English was the only language spoken are encountering bilingual pupils for the first time, while schools with a long history of multilingualism are finding that the range of languages spoken by…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Multilingualism, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Heilbronn, Ruth – Language Learning Journal, 2004
This article critically examines the KS3 Framework of Objectives for FL, placing it in the context of the National Strategy for FL at KS3 (DfES, 2003b), and other policies, and relating it to a theoretical and research perspective on FL acquisition. The idea that FL teachers should be entitled to continuing professional development based on…
Descriptors: Teacher Improvement, Professional Development, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Klapper, John – Language Learning Journal, 1993
Examines specific approaches to the acquisition and teaching of word, syntax, and text attack skills in foreign language (FL) classes. The role played by computers in second-language reading is considered, and a discussion of problems currently facing the teacher who wishes to allocate reading a more prominent place in the FL learning program is…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Educational Objectives