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Direct linkSayer, Peter – AILA Review, 2019
There has been a rapid global expansion of English instruction in the early grades in public school curricula. Particularly in so-called developing countries, the increase of and its shift from exclusively private to public education is linked to the idea that acquiring English promotes personal, social, and economic development. The author takes…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Download full textRamírez-Romero, José Luis; Sayer, Peter – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
The national English program in Mexico was formally launched in 2009. The new program supplanted various state programs, and aimed to create a coherent, uniform curriculum that extended English instruction to all public school students across the country. The article describes the development, evolution, and changes as the program was piloted and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Program Development
Sayer, Peter – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2015
The paper examines the recent national programme of English language instruction in the Mexican public primary schools, called the "Programa Nacional de Inglés en Educación Básica" (PNIEB). The programme, initiated in 2009 by the Ministry of Education as part of the national curriculum, represents the largest expansion of English…
Descriptors: Global Approach, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
