LEADER 05566nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910457293903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-42391-X 010 $a9786613423917 010 $a90-272-7422-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000000079501 035 $a(EBL)842940 035 $a(OCoLC)773566980 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001101314 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11610354 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001101314 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11067032 035 $a(PQKB)11178384 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC842940 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL842940 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10526823 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000079501 100 $a19970224d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPerspectives on foreign-language policy$b[electronic resource] $estudies in honour of Theo van Els /$fedited by Theo Bongaerts, Kees de Bot 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia, Pa. $cJ. Benjamins Pub. Co.$dc1997 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55619-518-4 311 $a90-272-2164-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPERSPECTIVES ON FOREIGN-LANGUAGE POLICY; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Foreign-Language Teaching Policy in the Netherlands 1800-1970: A Historical Outline; Introduction; 1. 1796-1857: FLT and the Beginnings of a National Educational System; 1.1 The national school; 1.2 The Education Act of 1806 and its implications for FLT; 1.3 The earliest form of foreign-language teacher training; 1.4 FLT and the Latin schools; 1.5 FLT in Higher Education; 2. 1857-1876: The Education Acts of 1857, 1863 and 1876; 2.1 FLT in Extended Primary Education 327 $a2.2 FLT in the Higher Burgher Schools 2.3 FLT in the Grammar Schools; 2.4 FLT at the University of Groningen; 2.5 FLT and teacher training; 3. 1876-1920: From Experiments to Consolidation; 3.1 Government policy and FLT content; 3.1.1 The Higher Burgher Schools (HBS; 3.1.2 The Grammar Schools; 3.1.3 Extended Primary Education; 3.2 Foreign-language teacher training; 4. 1920-1968: From Consolidation to Innovation; 4.1 Consolidation in Secondary Education; 4.2 Innovation: the post-war years and beyond; 4.2.1 Higher Education; 4.2.2 Secondary Education; 5. Conclusion; References 327 $aThe Task Force of the Dutch National Action Programme as an Instrument for Developing and Implementing Foreign-Language Policy A Growing Need for Foreign-Language Competence; Supply and Demand Analysed; Directions for a Future Policy; The Establishment of the Task Force; Central Issues of the Action Programme; Concrete Actions to Implement the Recommendations; The Political Testament of the Task Force; Evaluation of the Task Force as an Instrument for Innovation; References; NAP as a Basis for a Coherent FLT Policy; The Difficulty of Spanish for Dutch Learners; Introduction 327 $aSpanish in Dutch Education Easy and Difficult Languages?; Mother Tongue and Foreign Language; Differences in Learning Outcomes Between Languages; School marks as a measure of learning outcome; Learning outcomes and levels of language proficiency; Perceived Difficulty; The importance of learner characteristics in research into the difficulty of languages; The difficulty of Spanish for Dutch learners; References; Changing Targets - Changing Tests; Introduction; Recommendations of the NAP and Points of Departure in Testing; New Programmes and Tests; Reading skill; Listening skills; Speaking skills 327 $aWriting skills Priorities; Conclusion; Notes; References; Appendix A; Appendix B; Reading skills; Listening skills; Speaking skills; Writing skills; Horizon Taaland Language Planning in the United States; Introduction; Planning Oriented to Adult Use; Centralization of Planning and Management; The Choice of Languages; Architecture; Conclusion; References; Developing a Language-Competent American Society: Implications of the English-Only Movement; Introduction; Normative Bilingualism as Policy and Practice Internationally; Pervasive Monolingualism as Policy and Practice Domestically 327 $aNeed for a Facilitative rather than Restrictive Policy 330 $aThis volume, containing fourteen invited papers on foreign-language policy, starts off with a brief history of foreign-language teaching policy in the Netherlands. 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