(Turning our) back to the future? Cross-sector perspectives on language learning

Jones, Lynne and Doughty, Hannelore (2015) (Turning our) back to the future? Cross-sector perspectives on language learning. Scottish Languages Review (29). pp. 27-40.

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    Abstract

    This paper reports on the analysis of a subset of the data related to a wider project about perspectives on language learning as part of the launch event of the Scottish Government’s 1+2 language policy in November 2012. Transcriptions of interviews with learners from primary, secondary and tertiary education sectors were compared and contrasted using an iterative coding process. The findings suggest that the lack of challenge in the language curriculum, previously identified by McPake et al in 1999, continues to act as a demotivating factor, compounded by poor transition arrangements between education sectors. A subsequently conducted literature review revealed commonalities with our own findings. Some recommendations for stakeholders in languages education are put forward for consideration.

    Author(s):Jones, Lynne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5731-927X and Doughty, Hannelore ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2093-245X
    Item type:Article
    ID code:53496
    Keywords:modern languages in the primary school, transition, cross-sector links, curriculum for excellence, 1+2 language policy, Language and Literature, Language and Linguistics
    Subjects:Language and Literature
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Education > Education
    Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Education > Scotland's National Centre For Languages (SCILT)
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:26 Jun 2015 12:46
    Last modified:22 Jan 2020 02:56
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/53496
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