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Ingram, D. E. – 1980
The results of a survey on the nature of social attitudes toward language learning are presented. A review of previous surveys indicates strong community support for language learning, but those surveys did not contain information specific enough to explain why language enrollments are declining in Australia. For the present survey, three hundred…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Educational Policy, Language Attitudes, Language Planning
Peer reviewedIngram, D. E. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1989
Language-in-education planning is the field that exists between language policy making and the classroom curriculum. A survey of language-in-education planning in the 1980s focuses only on that part of language-in-education policy concerned with foreign language teaching and learning and areas of literacy and bilingual education. (118 references)…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Language Planning, Literacy
Ingram, D. E. – 1990
A discussion of language policy development focuses on the components of rational policy with reference to the Queensland (Australia) language education policy developed recently. The paper argues that language policy is ultimately derived from the nature and needs of the society, the goals identified for the future of the society, and the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Policy Formation
Peer reviewedIngram, D. E. – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teacher's Association, 1979
Outlines the language planning situation in Australia, makes a case for the establishment of a national language policy, and discusses the steps that must be undertaken if a successful policy is to be achieved. (AM)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Language Attitudes, Language Planning
Ingram, D. E.; Farrell-Jones, Mary – 1982
This submission to the Australian Senate Standing Committee on Education and the Arts focuses on issues related to language and public policy. It discusses the diversified and international nature of Australian society, and considers language enrollments, the role of English as the dominant language and the one used for international…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, English (Second Language)
Download full textIngram, D. E. – 1976
Marked incongruity exists between the present language teaching system in Australia and the nation's social structure. Few of the languages spoken in the community by major ethnic groups are taught in the schools and little effect of the society's pluralism is evident in objectives and methods. Three causes of this situation are examined, and new…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Communicative Competence (Languages), Community Involvement, Cultural Pluralism
Ingram, D. E. – 1978
The present state of language programs in Australia, the lack of a coherent language policy, important considerations for developing a national language policy, and long-term outcomes of a language policy are considered. Australia needs to consider the role of languages in society and the society's need for language skills. Among the present…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy
