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The Common European Framework of Reference: The Globalisation of Language Education Policy
Michael (Ed) Byram
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Description for The Common European Framework of Reference: The Globalisation of Language Education Policy
Paperback. A comparative study of the impact of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages produced by the Council of Europe in 2001, this book asks writers in European countries and countries in the Americas and Asia to explain the influence of the CEFR. For each country there is a policy-maker and an academic perspective. Editor(s): Byram, Michael; Parmenter, Lynne. Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; CJ; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages was published a decade ago and has been influential ever since, not only in its European 'home' but throughout the world. This book traces the processes of the influence by inviting authors from universities and ministries in 11 countries to describe and explain what happened in their case. There are everyday factors of curriculum development - which sometimes include coincidence and happenstance - and there are also traditions of resistance or acceptance of external influences in policy-making. Such factors have always existed in bilateral borrowing from one country to another but the ... Read more
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages was published a decade ago and has been influential ever since, not only in its European 'home' but throughout the world. This book traces the processes of the influence by inviting authors from universities and ministries in 11 countries to describe and explain what happened in their case. There are everyday factors of curriculum development - which sometimes include coincidence and happenstance - and there are also traditions of resistance or acceptance of external influences in policy-making. Such factors have always existed in bilateral borrowing from one country to another but the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847697295
SKU
V9781847697295
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About Michael (Ed) Byram
Michael Byram taught languages in secondary school and adult education. At Durham University since 1980, now emeritus, he has researched the education of linguistic minorities and foreign language education. His most recent book is From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship (Multilingual Matters) and he is the editor of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning. ... Read more
Reviews for The Common European Framework of Reference: The Globalisation of Language Education Policy
The book contains many further interesting data about the impact of the CEFR in various countries that may be of interest to everybody interested in international language policy issues.
Ge Stoks, Locarno in Babylonia, no. 1 (2013)
A great virtue of this book is how it encapsulates the three mutually producing forces in education today: regionalisation, globalisation and ... Read more
Ge Stoks, Locarno in Babylonia, no. 1 (2013)
A great virtue of this book is how it encapsulates the three mutually producing forces in education today: regionalisation, globalisation and ... Read more