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Language Education Study
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... Comparative information and research to assess these trends are needed by: o o o o o policy makers who have little current data at their disposal to determine the effectiveness or impacts of existing programs business and industry that need reliable indices to determine or forecast current capacities for future needs educators who lack a systematic data base on language education to raise awareness of curriculum or instructional choices consumers of language education who lack choices about language options and instructional programs in the absence of clear-cut information educational researchers who lack empirical data to form a comprehensive international perspective of educationally-relevant theories and recommendations for teaching practices of school policies in language education The lEA Language Education Study will address these issues systematically in order to develop a comprehensive international information base focused on four purposes: International Comparative Studies - 65 Winter 1994-95
From page 66...
... Describe the scope and content of school language curricula as well as societal conditions directly related to language learning. Identify optimal configurations for school language learning appropriate to national priorities and situations.
From page 67...
... upon completing secondary education case studies of exemplary practices in language teaching and learning in about 15 countries recommendations of needs and promising options for change in school language curricula for each participating country The study will help participating countries to promote the value of functional communicative competence in key languages, capitalize on resources and the highest levels of research expertise coordinated internationally, as well as learn about and critically analyze their own language education systems and current conditions for language learning. Results will be useful for governments, educators, businesses and industries, and researchers, as well as language students and their families.
From page 68...
... Countries testing multiple languages may opt for separate samples of schools, one school sample for each language, or for sampling separate student groups within a common sample of schools. Procedures at Sammarv of Comet The study will assess language proficiency as the capacity to use a particular language appropriately and accurately to achieve social purposes in particular contexts (both inside and outside of school)
From page 69...
... For example, empirical studies of students' language performance have generally found variation according to such factors as situations of language use or communication tasks; previous education or literacy; age factors; time spent on language learning; structures or features of particular first and second languages; attitudes toward the society or culture of the language being learned; and the status and use of the languages in Me local community. Numerous curriculum and instructional variables have also been analyzed, though few have received rigorous, large-scale empirical evaluation: instructional approaches or didactic procedures; curriculum content and organization; and effects of specific media, technologies, or resources for language learning.
From page 70...
... data analyzed from the national Brollies inventory. language ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Be, _ ~ proficiency assessments, descriptions of language curricula, and case studies will be compiled and evaluated centrally to produce tables and reports on language proficiency yield, curriculum descriptions, and optimal configurations of language curricula.
From page 71...
... Timetable 1993 An amended study proposal was approved by the IEA General Assembly. A specific set of responsibilities for We international coordinating center and procedure for agreement between the ICC and lEA headquarters on other responsibilities related to the study approved by TEA General Assembly was determined.
From page 72...
... Ambach, Gordon M 1993 IEA Language Education Study. Status reports presented to the Board on International Comparative Studies in Education.
From page 73...
... , in Berkshire, England on July ~ I, 1994. International Comparative Studies - 73 Winter 1994-95


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