Policy and practice in foreign language education: case studies in three European settings
Policy and practice in foreign language education: case studies in three European settings
This paper arises from the work of the LINEE research network (http://www.linee.org on language education policy and practice in three European countries (England,Hungary and Italy). The paper first examines different educational ideologies which underpin the development of European language education policies, noting the increased reflection of competence and outcomes-based ideologies in the discourse of documents such as the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and tensions between these and other more traditional humanistic educational discourses. The recent evolution of language education policy in each national context is examined in detail. Secondly, observational case studies of foreign language classroom practice documented in the three settings are examined, to clarify to what extent they reflect current competence-oriented discourses, or other more progressivist and classical humanist education traditions. Conclusions are drawn about the interactions between European level and national level declarations about language education, and their influence on local student experience.
language education policy, german as a foreign language, classroom observation, outcomes-based education, language competences
151-180
Mitchell, Rosamond
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10 January 2010
Mitchell, Rosamond
de2eabed-7903-43fa-961a-c16f69fddd7e
Mitchell, Rosamond
(2010)
Policy and practice in foreign language education: case studies in three European settings.
European Journal of Language Policy, 2 (2), .
(doi:10.3828/ejlp.2010.11).
Abstract
This paper arises from the work of the LINEE research network (http://www.linee.org on language education policy and practice in three European countries (England,Hungary and Italy). The paper first examines different educational ideologies which underpin the development of European language education policies, noting the increased reflection of competence and outcomes-based ideologies in the discourse of documents such as the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and tensions between these and other more traditional humanistic educational discourses. The recent evolution of language education policy in each national context is examined in detail. Secondly, observational case studies of foreign language classroom practice documented in the three settings are examined, to clarify to what extent they reflect current competence-oriented discourses, or other more progressivist and classical humanist education traditions. Conclusions are drawn about the interactions between European level and national level declarations about language education, and their influence on local student experience.
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Published date: 10 January 2010
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language education policy, german as a foreign language, classroom observation, outcomes-based education, language competences
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/182535
ISSN: 1757-6822
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