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Erling, Elizabeth J. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2017
The increased status of English as the language of international communication and business has meant that development aid has increasingly been used to finance language planning initiatives aimed at improving and/or expanding English language education. The intended outcome of this aid is often to provide expanded economic returns and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Planning, Language Usage
Ng, Chin Leong Patrick – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2016
In April 2011, the Ministry of Education in Japan formally introduced Primary School English (PSE) language teaching in Japanese elementary schools. The PSE policy made it mandatory for fourth- and fifth-graders to attend English lessons once a week. Using the theoretical framework on why educational language plans fail [Kaplan, R. B., Baldauf, R.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Educational Policy