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Hoegl, Juergen – 1987
The current emphasis on the economic and educational benefits of reform in second language education is persuasive and important but must be pursued cautiously. While the reform movement can increase the number and length of language programs being offered in the schools, it does not assure the quality of instruction offered, which deserves…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality

Joseph, Michael; Ramani, Esther – ELT Journal, 1998
In response to two earlier articles on the role of English language teaching (ELT) and English-medium instruction in India, the authors draw on their experiences in South Africa to outline a role for ELT teachers in maintaining and promoting multilingualism. This role includes participation in policy debates, professional activism, and the…
Descriptors: Activism, Change Strategies, Educational Change, English (Second Language)

Ward, Marc – College ESL, 1996
Focuses on the need for linguistic tolerance to deal with the demographic challenges of the future in America. The article emphasizes that the best way for the City University of New York to face these changes is to formulate policies recognizing the evolving linguistics of a culturally diverse society while simultaneously reenforcing the need for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Change Strategies, College Students
Vieyra-King, Melissa, Ed.; Calteaux, Karen, Ed. – 1996
The collection of discussion papers from an October 1995 conference in South Africa focuses on the implications of the country's new National Qualifications Framework (NQF), a policy initiative for reform and renewal of post-apartheid education, for language teaching and testing. Papers include: "Introductory Comments: Language Assessment and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Competency Based Education, Educational Change
Ashworth, Mary – 1983
Classroom teachers are affected directly and indirectly by external forces: international, national, social, institutional, pedagogical, economic, commercial, professional, and religious. It is proposed that teachers make use of constructive forces and combat destructive ones by using organizational and individual resources to create change.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Economic Factors, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Tschoumy, Jacques-Andre – 1995
A discussion of the role of national languages in an international context focuses on the situation of Europe, currently and in the foreseeable future, and particularly on the situation of multilingual Switzerland. The first section gives an overview of the status of national languages outside their own boundaries, especially in relation to…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Change Strategies, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries
Churchill, Stacy – 1998
This book offers an overview of the events surrounding the development of the two official language communities (English and French) of Canada during the last 30 years and the establishment of a model of official bilingualism. The text is provided in both languages. Chapter 1 describes the context of language change: historical origins of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Change Strategies, English, Federal Government