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Direct linkHelot, Christine; Young, Andrea – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2005
This paper will present an analysis of the notion of cultural and linguistic diversity in the new curriculum for primary schools in France (MEN, 2003). First, it will explain how this notion is linked both to a wider choice of languages and to the teaching of one foreign or regional language only. We shall argue that, despite the wide theoretical…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Cultural Awareness
Young, Andrea; Helot, Christine – Language Awareness, 2003
The paper presents the language policies being implemented in French primary schools under the present educational reform and considers how they tackle the question of sociocultural and linguistic pluralism. It questions the choice of teaching one foreign language from a very early age at kindergarten rather than opting for a model of language…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Biculturalism, Educational Change, Elementary Schools
