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Hennebry, Mairin – European Educational Research Journal, 2011
Recent enlargement of the European Union (EU) has created debate as to the suitability of current structures and policies for effectively engaging citizens and developing social cohesion. Education and specifically modern foreign language (MFL) teaching are argued by the literature to play a key role in equipping young people to interact and…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Hennebry, Mairin – Language Learning Journal, 2014
A drive for the development of European citizenship (EC) through Modern Foreign Language (MFL) teaching has existed for some time within the academic literature as well as policy institutions. Nevertheless, the views of MFL teachers on the role of MFL in developing EC have rarely been given a voice. This article presents the findings of a study…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Citizenship, Foreign Countries, Modern Languages
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Hennebry, Mairin – Irish Educational Studies, 2011
This paper presents some of the findings of a study investigating young people's attitudes towards Europe and the European Union and their self-reported learning about European citizenship in Ireland. The paper considers adolescents' attitudes and motivations for language learning in light of recent literature arguing for the role of modern…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Inferences