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Direct linkJones, Neil – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2007
The Languages Ladder--a new framework for accrediting language proficiency--is a core element of the National Languages Strategy. This paper presents Asset Languages, the system being developed by Cambridge Assessment to implement the Languages Ladder, aiming to set it apart from existing qualification frameworks by accrediting clearly defined…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Literacy Education, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
Robinson-Pant, Anna – Compare, 2001
Explores the insights gained, methods used, and constraints faced in using a development discourse in Nepal. Discusses how literacy classes, funding proposals, or student writing can provide new development dimensions in training and planning. Argues that educational planning and policy needs to be recognized and analyzed through focused…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Development, Discourse Analysis, Educational Planning
Download full textRist, Ray C. – 1979
This paper describes the results of a study conducted by the Center for Educational Research and Innovation regarding language policies and programs in five countries which belong to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Canada, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, and West Germany. Part I explains the study's focus on language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Alexander, Titus; Clyne, Peter – 1995
This paper attempts to raise awareness and stimulate debate about the family as a focus for developing learning in the United Kingdom (U.K.). The discussion focuses on the following aspects of the issue: the nature and scope of family learning; families as a place for learning; context; development of family learning; patterns of provision;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Change Strategies, Definitions
Drake, Angela, Ed.; Anonsen, Kay, Ed. – 2000
This document contains the proceedings of a conference on family literacy that was attended by representatives of community-based literacy and family literacy programs in Newfoundland and Labrador. The document begins with an executive summary of the conference activities. The texts of the following keynote addresses are presented: "A…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Brain, Community Education
Merrill, Barbara, Ed. – 1999
This document contains 51 papers from a conference devoted to the theme of exploring spaces in adult education. The following are among the papers included: "Exploring Everyday Spaces: Women's Transitions from Welfare to Paid Work and Education" (Cynthia Lee Andruske); "Lost in Space? Re-valuing the Impact of Education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
