"A National Language Policy": Report by the Senate Standing Committee on Education and the Arts, October 1984.

Chamberlain, Alan

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"A National Language Policy": Report by the Senate Standing Committee on Education and the Arts, October 1984.

Chamberlain, Alan

Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations, v20 n1 p4-9 Apr 1985

Summarizes the report on Australian language policy that begins by commenting on the purposes of language study and then examines the best age to begin learning a second language. It also discusses language teaching methodology, bilingual programs, the teaching of languages at the primary and secondary levels, and the quality of language programs. (SED)

Descriptors: Educational Policy, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Programs, Teaching Methods

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