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Responsible, Competent and with a Sense of Belonging: An Explanation for the Purported Levelling Effect of CLIL
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Halbach, Ana; Iwaniec, Janina – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Whilst CLIL research has flourished and showed some gains for CLIL learners, for example in motivation, there is little consensus about how it affects students from different social strata. The British Council 'English Impact' study (Shepherd and Ainsworth 2017, "English Impact." "An evaluation of English language capability."…
Descriptors: Responsibility, Competence, Sense of Community, Content and Language Integrated Learning
How to Achieve a 'Revolution': Assembling the Subnational, National and Global in the Formation of a New, 'Scientific' Assessment in Japan
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Takayama, Keita; Lingard, Bob – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2021
This paper traces the complexities, contingencies and tensions involved in the creation of a new, 'scientific' assessment in what we call Prefecture A in Japan. We start with a thick, granular description of the complicated and ongoing narrative of a new policy emergence. This descriptive account serves as a precursor to our application of an…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Psychometrics, Public Officials, International Organizations
PISA 2025 Foreign Language Assessment Framework
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OECD Publishing, 2021
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) assesses the extent to which 15-year-old students near the end of their compulsory education have acquired the knowledge and skills essential for full participation in modern societies. The assessment does not just ascertain whether students can reproduce knowledge; it also examines…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries