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Language Education In The United Kingdom
The Language education, teaching of modern languages in the United Kingdom occurs mainly from ages 7 to 16 in primary schools and secondary schools. History 1920s In January 1926 the National Union of Women Teachers proposed teaching foreign languages in primary schools. 1950s At a North of England education conference in December 1959, Dr A Hay, the chief education inspector of London County Council, proposed some primary school language tuition, but only for gifted children. 1960s Until the 1960s foreign language education was mostly confined to grammar and independent schools. There were government plans for language teaching in primary schools, but the plans were dropped, due to the obvious situation of insufficiently trained teachers. Secondary modern schools had limited modern language teaching, being occasionally found in the top stream of such schools, but often there was none at all. On 22 February 1962 Conservative MP John Cordeaux asked the education secretary about f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Language Education
Language education refers to the processes and practices of teaching a second language, second or foreign language. Its study reflects interdisciplinarity, interdisciplinary approaches, usually including some applied linguistics. There are four main learning categories for language education: communicative competencies, proficiencies, cross-cultural experiences, and multiple literacies. Need Increasing globalization has created a great need for people in the workforce who can communicate in multiple languages. Common languages are used in areas such as trade, tourism, diplomacy, technology, media, translation, interpretation and science. Many countries such as Korea (Kim Yeong-seo, 2009), Japan (Kubota, 1998) and China (Kirkpatrick & Zhichang, 2002) frame education policies to teach at least one foreign language at the primary and secondary school levels. Further, the governments of some countries more than one official language; such countries include India, Singapore, Malay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
