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English in Schools from Various National Perspectives

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Extramural English in Teaching and Learning

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How are languages best learned? In this chapter, a historic overview of approaches to second language teaching and learning are presented. The overview is accompanied by an account of different teaching traditions that have prevailed in diverse parts of the world, as exemplified in official documents stating the role of English. The chapter also gives examples from around the world in order to try and capture the many faces of the state-of-the-art L2 English teaching.

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  2. University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

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Sundqvist, P., Sylvén, L.K. (2016). English in Schools from Various National Perspectives. In: Extramural English in Teaching and Learning. New Language Learning and Teaching Environments. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46048-6_3

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