Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ518091
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Publication Date: 1995
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Why Do All Children in Swedish Schools Learn English as a Foreign Language? An Analysis of an Open Question in the National Evaluation Programme of the Swedish Compulsory Comprehensive School.
Giota, Joanna
System, v23 n3 p307-24 Aug 1995
A total of 318 grade-5 pupils in Swedish schools were questioned in regard to why English is a compulsory subject. Two hundred and one pupils thought that English is compulsory because it is a world language, 94 thought so because it is useful, and 23 thought so because some authority decided so. Contains 22 references. (MDM)
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, National Curriculum, National Surveys, Required Courses, Second Language Instruction, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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