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Hajek, John; Aliani, Renata; Slaughter, Yvette – History of Education Quarterly, 2022
This article examines the complex drivers of change in language education that have resulted in Australia having the highest number of students learning Italian in the world. An analysis of academic and non-academic literature, policy documents, and quantitative data helps trace the trajectory of the Italian language in the Australian education…
Descriptors: Italian, Educational History, Immigrants, Second Language Learning
Lo Bianco, Joseph; Aliani, Renata – Multilingual Matters, 2013
This book is a timely comparison of the divergent worlds of policy implementation and policy ambition, the messy, often contradictory here-and-now reality of languages in schools and the sharp-edged, shiny, future-oriented representation of languages in policy. Two deep rooted tendencies in Australian political and social life, multiculturalism…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Public Policy, Language Usage