ERIC Number: ED616011
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Nov-24
Pages: 8
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ISSN: EISSN-2226-0919
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The Socio-Economic Gap in Foreign-Language Learning. PISA in Focus. No. 116
Salinas, Daniel
OECD Publishing
Teaching foreign languages has become a major goal for many education systems around the world. In today's increasingly interconnected world, speaking multiple languages improves employability, fosters respect for people from other cultures, and gives young people direct access to content that would otherwise be inaccessible, including literature, music, theatre and cinema. For the first time in 2018, PISA asked students whether they studied foreign languages at school and how much class time they had on foreign languages per week. Results show that learning foreign languages is widely available to 15-year-olds in today's education systems. However, these opportunities are not evenly distributed among students of different socio-economic status: students in advantaged schools have more opportunities to learn foreign languages than students in disadvantaged schools.
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Socioeconomic Status, Social Differences, Time Factors (Learning), Student Attitudes, Advantaged, Disadvantaged Schools, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, Access to Education, Institutional Characteristics, Correlation, Academic Achievement
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: European Union (EU) (Belgium)
Authoring Institution: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (France)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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