Language Education in the School Curriculum: Issues of Access and Equity

by Jan Wright, Stephen Black, Ken Cruickshank, et al.

There is widespread concern in all English speaking countries at the rapid decline in study of languages. The promise of 'languages for all' in the UK and North America in the 1970s marked a shift from languages as lite subjects for the privileged few, but this promise has not been fulfilled. This book explores the reasons for and solutions to this decline. More importantly, it looks at how these trends have been reversed in successful school...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350069469
• ISBN13: 9781350069466
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"