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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Formalising the Future of Languages Education
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Cunningham, Denis – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2004
Education is the right, but not the reality, of all. Various international trends are identified to set the scene for languages education. Challenges facing the teaching profession--in the contexts of teachers, students, teacher training, conditions and the curriculum--are addressed by effective strategies. Policy is prioritised, as it is in this…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Civil Rights, Trend Analysis, Educational Trends
The "Federation Internationale des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes (FIPLV)" and Language Rights
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Cunningham, Denis – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2003
This paper outlines work undertaken by FIPLV as an affiliate of UNESCO in the development of a document outlining linguistic human rights. The paper examines how subsequent drafts have been modified and identifies some of the difficulties experienced in developing the drafts. After more than two decades of work, the process is still incomplete.…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers