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ERIC Number: EJ541084
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0267-1905
Multilingualism in England.
Rampton, Ben; And Others
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, v17 p224-41 1997
Review of research on multilingualism in England examines recent responses to multilingualism within the national education system and growing tension between education policy and research. Notes research weaknesses in 1980s (inadequate study of language pedagogy, over-reliance on self-report data, treating Caribbean languages separately) and examines major developments of the 1990s. Includes a 17-item annotated bibliography. (MSE)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Language Research, Language Role, Language Usage, Multilingualism, Public Policy, Research Methodology, Sociolinguistics
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England
Note: Theme issue: "Multilingualism."