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Download full textCrawford, Michael; Marin, Sergio Venegas – World Bank, 2021
The World Bank's focus on foundational skills requires that issues of language and Language of Instruction be brought to the forefront of education policy discussions. Poor Language of Instruction policies harm learning, access, equity, cost-effectiveness, and inclusion. Yet nearly 37% of students in low- and middle-income countries are taught in…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Policy
Direct linkChiesa, Bruno Della, Ed.; Scott, Jessica, Ed.; Hinton, Christina, Ed. – OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2012
The rise of globalisation makes language competencies more valuable, both at individual and societal levels. This book examines the links between globalisation and the way we teach and learn languages. It begins by asking why some individuals are more successful than others at learning non-native languages, and why some education systems, or…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Global Approach, Motivation
Minaya-Rowe, Liliana – 1980
Bilingual programs and the socio-cultural circumstances surrounding the programs of the United States are compared with the programs and socio-cultural circumstances of three Latin American countries: Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. The legal frameworks are different. In the United States, bilingual education acts and subsequent programs came as a…
Descriptors: Aymara, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis
Paulston, Christina Bratt – 1969
The Summer Institute of Linguistics runs several bilingual schools in the Andean and Amazonian regions of Peru. These are the only public bilingual schools in the country serving the Indian population, a majority of whom do not speak Spanish as their first language. Although public education is now available to some 80 percent of all children, the…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools
TESOL Newsletter, 1984
The 1984 volume of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) newsletter includes articles on language competence and cultural awareness in the United States; interest in English in Peru; employment trends; the case method in adult English as a second language (ESL); evaluating computer assisted instruction; the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Garcia, Herman S., Ed.; Chavez, Rudolfo Chavez, Ed. – 1988
The 12 articles in this book present diverse views of bilingual and multicultural education. Three sections contain chapters on the following topics: theoretical and philosophical views; policy, administration, and teacher training; and bilingual and special education. The three chapters in section one are: "Problems in the Study of Second…
Descriptors: Bilingual Special Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers
