Early Language Learning Policy in the 21st Century
An International Perspective
Samenvatting
This volume analyses the policymaking, expectations, implementation, progress, and outcomes of early language learning in various education policy contexts worldwide. The contributors to the volume are international researchers specialising in language policy and early language learning and their contributions aim to advance scholarship on early language learning policies and inform policymaking at the global level.
The languages considered include learning English as a second language in primary schools in Japan, Mexico, Serbia, Argentina, and Tanzania; Spanish language education in the US and Australia; Arabic as a second language in Israel and Bangladesh; Chinese in South America and Oceania; and finally, early German teaching and learning in France and the UK.
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Inhoudsopgave
<p>Chapter 2. Struggling for a Diverse but Fair Policy: Policy Challenges to Implementing English at the Primary School Level in Japan (Yuko Goto Butler)</p>
<p>Chapter 3. Early childhood foreign language learning and teaching in Serbia: A Critical Overview of Language Education Policy and Planning in Varying Historical Contexts (Jelena Filipović et al)</p><p>Chapter 4. Early Mandarin Learning and Language-In-Education Policy and Planning in the Oceania (Grace Yue Qi)</p>
<p>Part 2. Redesigning Curriculum and Enhancing Instruction</p>
<p>Chapter 5. Intercultural Understanding in Early Spanish Language Learning: A Policy Perspective from Queensland, Australia (Adriana Raquel Dìaz)</p>
<p>Chapter 6. Arabic as an Early Language Learning Provision in Bangladesh: Policy Perspectives (M. Obaidul Hamid et al)</p>
<p>Chapter 7. Early English Language Learning in Tanzania in Relation to Language Policy (Eustard R. Tibategeza et al)</p>
<p>Part 3. Preparing High Quality Teachers</p>
<p>Chapter 8. Long Tradition, New Scenarios for Early English Language Learning Policy in Argentina (Cristina Banfi et al)</p>
<p>Chapter 9. Early Arabic Language Learning Policies and Practices in Israel: Historical and Political Factors (Ruwaida Abu Rass)</p>
<p>Chapter 10. Where Have Personnel Policies on Early English Language Learning Taken us in Mexico so far? (Laura García Landa)</p>
<p>Part 4. Connecting Domains Across Language Policy</p>
<p>Chapter 11. The Context of Schooling for Early Learners of Spanish in the United States (Maria F. Coady et al)</p>
<p>Chapter 12. Early Mandarin Learning in South America: Present and Future Directions (Evelia Romano et al)</p>
<p>Chapter 13. German Teaching and Learning in Early Years and Primary Schools in the UK (Hazel Crichton)</p>
<p>Conclusion</p>
<p>Chapter 14. Language Policy for Starting Early, Reflections and Considerations (Joseph Lo Bianco)</p>
Index