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UK (pdf document)
Lamb, T. (2001) Language Learning Journal, 23, pp 4-12
This article explores how might educational policies respond to the growing linguistic diversity taking place in the UK.
A recent study shows that more than 300 languages are spoken by school children in London. More emphasis has been put in schools on multicultural and anti-racist education, but community languages are less recognized and supported within the curriculum than European languages such as French.
The research findings show concern from target groups over themes such as local and national support, status and coordination. The author goes on to present the Multilingual City Project in Sheffield as an example of positive strategy in favour of community languages, as its aim is to promote languages and bilingualism at all levels of education in the city.
There is an evident need for a national policy inclusive of all languages, in order to positively support community languages and bring consistency across all LEAs.
A
bibliography of modern foreign languages and special educational needs
(word document)
Wilson, D. (work in progress)
Periodically updated, David Wilson’s A bibliography of modern foreign languages and special educational needs, on his excellent website Diversity and inclusion in modern foreign languages, currently contains over 1400 international print and online references on MFL and SEN. This constantly refreshed and comprehensive resource constitutes an essential map of current thinking on every aspect of MFL and SEN you could possibly imagine.
