Taking the history of languages education policy in England as its case study, this paper examines how the practice of teaching and learning French and other languages has been shaped, in various ways, by advocacy; by institutional infrastructure; and by policy-makers, policy arbiters (in the sense of Johnson & Johnson 2015), and by what I call policy disruptors. The paper identifies examples where advocacy – from within and outside the languages education community – appears to have had incremental effects on languages education (the increasing emphasis given to the spoken language; the growth in Spanish teaching provision). However, I argue that the most obviously positive change, making languages available to all in secondary schooling, ...
Il existe de nombreuses illustrations des dommages causés par l’imposition, au sein de l’Union europ...
This paper arises from the work of the LINEE research network (http://www.linee.org on language educ...
This article explores how academic linguists have become marginalised from policy-making aimed at re...
Taking the history of languages education policy in England as its case study, this paper examines h...
This thesis analyses public action in the field of the government of languages through the study of ...
Cette thèse analyse l’action publique dans le domaine du gouvernement des langues à travers l’étude ...
Whilst learning an additional language throughout compulsory schooling is increasingly the norm acro...
Due to the contemporary dominance of English as global lingua franca, all other “foreign languages” ...
This paper reviews patterns of primary foreign language policy across the world, analysing the devel...
Article de synthèse publié dans le yearbook du CIDREEThis article is concerned with the way the Fren...
French language policy has historically centred on ways French can be considered a dominant and infl...
The task of this work is to show that the use of language can be an important tool in any attempt to...
My research findings urge a reassessment of the organization of publicly funded English-language tra...
This paper considers the languages on offer in secondary schools in England and the possibility of e...
Gatekeepers’ language ideologies and beliefs about language learning determine how learners experien...
Il existe de nombreuses illustrations des dommages causés par l’imposition, au sein de l’Union europ...
This paper arises from the work of the LINEE research network (http://www.linee.org on language educ...
This article explores how academic linguists have become marginalised from policy-making aimed at re...
Taking the history of languages education policy in England as its case study, this paper examines h...
This thesis analyses public action in the field of the government of languages through the study of ...
Cette thèse analyse l’action publique dans le domaine du gouvernement des langues à travers l’étude ...
Whilst learning an additional language throughout compulsory schooling is increasingly the norm acro...
Due to the contemporary dominance of English as global lingua franca, all other “foreign languages” ...
This paper reviews patterns of primary foreign language policy across the world, analysing the devel...
Article de synthèse publié dans le yearbook du CIDREEThis article is concerned with the way the Fren...
French language policy has historically centred on ways French can be considered a dominant and infl...
The task of this work is to show that the use of language can be an important tool in any attempt to...
My research findings urge a reassessment of the organization of publicly funded English-language tra...
This paper considers the languages on offer in secondary schools in England and the possibility of e...
Gatekeepers’ language ideologies and beliefs about language learning determine how learners experien...
Il existe de nombreuses illustrations des dommages causés par l’imposition, au sein de l’Union europ...
This paper arises from the work of the LINEE research network (http://www.linee.org on language educ...
This article explores how academic linguists have become marginalised from policy-making aimed at re...