China’s foreign language policy on primary English education: What’s behind it?

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 359-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Hu
2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farahnaz Faez

This paper examines the growing impact of English in Italy and in the Italian education system. The analysis focuses on issues of educational policy and practice and addresses discrepancies that exist across these areas with regards to English proficiency and use among Italians. The first part of the paper examines English dominance in non-Anglo countries, the education system in Italy and foreign language policy initiatives of the European Union that impact language policy and practice in Italy. The second part of the paper reports on findings of a survey completed by high school teachers and professors of English as well as interview data on their perceptions on the role of English in the Italian education system and the society at large. While this study focuses on the situation in Italy, the results have resonance for other contexts in Europe and beyond. Cet article examine l’impact croissant de l’Anglais en Italie et dans le système éducatif italien. L’analyse se concentre sur les questions de politiques et pratiques éducatives et aborde les divergences existant à travers ces domaines, par rapport à la maîtrise de l’Anglais chez les Italiens et leur usage de la langue. La première partie de cet article examine la domination de l’Anglais dans les pays non anglophones, le système éducatif en Italie et les initiatives en manière de politique des langues étrangères de l’Union Européenne qui affectent les politiques et pratiques des langues en Italie. La seconde partie de ce document rapporte les résultats d’enquêtes complétées par des enseignants d’école secondaire et par des professeurs d’Anglais, de même que les données d’entretiens sur leurs perceptions du rôle de l’Anglais dans le système éducatif italien et dans la société en général. Bien que cette étude mette l’accent sur la situation en Italie, les résultats s’étendent aussi à d’autres contextes en Europe, et ailleurs.


Author(s):  
Monika Kowalonek-Janczarek

The purpose of this study is to compare Poland’s and Japan’s foreign languagepolicies in preschool, elementary, lower/upper secondary and higher education and shed light on the aspect of multilingualism in this milieu as well. Based on secondary data (ministerial ordinances, governmental reports, curricula) and literature knowledge, the paper provides a comparative overview of the Polish and Japanese contexts which differ in a strong way. While Poland’s foreign language policy is mainly based on the objectives of the EU’s policy according to which every European citizen should master two other languages in addition to his or her mother tongue, the Japanese government’s policy aims at improving English education.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Meng Yanhua

<p align="LEFT"> </p><p><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Based on the analysis of the language policy patterns of the U.S.A., the article combs on its history of Chinese teaching. It’s proposed that the 130 years of history can be divided into four periods according to different policy patterns. These are nonintervention policy before the Second World War, priority policy during the war, containment- priority- diversity policies after the war, and priority policy in the 21</span><sup><span style="font-size: xx-small;">st </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">century. Based on these analyses, a revised policy pattern mode is provided for analyzing foreign language policy.</span></sup> </p>


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