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Record Nr.

UNINA9911008903603321

Titolo

Language Education in a Changing World : Challenges and Opportunities

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-78892-787-7

1-78892-786-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 pages)

Collana

New Perspectives on Language and Education ; ; 79

Disciplina

418.0071

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1: Language and Languages in Education -- Part 2: Teacher Education and Training -- Part 3: Stakeholder Interests -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book considers the importance of language education in a rapidly changing world. The authors look at language education from different perspectives: the teaching and learning of foreign or second languages; the role of literacy, oracy and language across the curriculum; the part played by different stakeholders in educational policy; and the current state of language teacher education and the ways in which language is addressed in the education of teachers of all subjects. Drawing on their extensive experience of language education, and on case studies and data from around the world, the authors consider how a different approach to language in education might help students to develop the language awareness and linguistic and communicative competences they need in order to participate fully and confidently in our increasingly diverse societies.