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Ayres-Bennett, Wendy; Hafner, Marco; Dufresne, Eliane; Yerushalmi, Erez – RAND Europe, 2022
A research report from the University of Cambridge and RAND Europe shows that investing in languages education in the UK could return more than the investment cost. Researchers explored a gap in the evidence relating to the economic benefits of extending languages education and found that an increase in secondary-school pupils learning one of four…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Economic Development, Educational Benefits
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Sloan, Cynthia A. – Hispania, 2019
Concurrent enrollment access is expanding across the country, policies and practices are evolving, and data-driven studies examining every measurable element are being undertaken, yet the role of the relationships among concurrent enrollment partners and participants is too often just mentioned in passing. This case study of a concurrent…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, High School Teachers
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Lo, Yi-Hsuan Gloria – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2017
A curriculum is a form of politics (Apple, 1993). The politics of a curriculum defines what is legitimate and valued and what is not. In Taiwan, the objectives of vocational high school (VHS) education are to prepare students to acquire relevant professional knowledge and practical skills and to integrate them into their future career development.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Vocational High Schools, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning
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Gamir, Saadia – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
Various newspaper articles report that British ministers, university representatives, exam chiefs and business bodies agree that foreign languages skills in primary, secondary and tertiary UK education are in crisis. Lower funding and policy changes have caused language skills deficiencies felt gravely in the business sectors. Funding and support…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance
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Short, Deborah J.; Cloud, Nancy; Morris, Patricia; Motta, Julie – TESOL Journal, 2012
Secondary English as a second language (ESL) curricula that address four levels of ESL proficiency and prepare students for the English language arts (ELA) curricula and state-mandated ELA tests are not common. A curriculum jointly developed by two districts is even rarer. Yet two urban districts in Rhode Island undertook such a curriculum…
Descriptors: Professional Development, School Districts, Curriculum Development, Secondary School Curriculum
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Peng, Hsinyi; Lu, Wei-Hsin; Wang, Chao-I – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2009
The purposes of this study were to identify the essential dimensions of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) and to establish a framework for assessing the ICC level of high school students that included a self-report inventory and scoring rubrics for online interaction in intercultural contexts. A total of 472 high school students from…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Scoring Rubrics, Foreign Countries, Communicative Competence (Languages)