This chapter discusses the importance of different types early language education in public system according to national policy two geopolitical contexts: Continental Northern Europe and UK. We define as policies childhood (ECE) including planning, practices, ideologies related teaching learning languages. present a variety theoretical approaches discuss their applicability field research. Thes...

foreign language education policy (flep) needs to be understood as part of broader educational policies and as situated within overarching social macro plans. in this paper, based on a conception of policy as distinct from goals and objectives, and with a view of the relevant literature, we will present some theoretical guidelines of setting and/or evaluating foreign language education policies...

a community of practice may shape and reshape the identity of members of the community through providing them with situated learning or learning environment. this study, therefore, is to clarify the salient learning-based features of the language teaching community of practice that might formulate the identity of language teachers. to this end, the study examined how learning situations in two ...