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Child, Simon; Johnson, Martin; Mehta, Sanjana; Charles, Annabel – English in Education, 2015
There has been a long-standing debate about how 'English' can be defined. Educational policy changes have typically been driven by differing representations of the subject, and have ranged from broad 'aesthetic' definitions to more narrow 'functional' views. The present study aims to analyse areas of consensus and contention in stakeholders'…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Definitions, English, Language Attitudes
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Paterson, Laura Louise – Language and Education, 2010
In 1998 the regulatory body for the National Curriculum, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, acknowledged that there was "widespread uncertainty" over the grammar requirements of the English Curriculum. In this paper I argue that the QCA still has not addressed this uncertainty. I analyse the 1999 and 2011 Primary English…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Standard Spoken Usage, English Curriculum, Grammar