700 Reasons: Reason #44

Reason: 44
The teaching of foreign languages particularly to adults, has a clear political agenda based on the creation of a democratic peaceful Europe.
Reference:
Starkey, H. (1999) ‘Foreign language teaching to adults: implicit and explicit political education’ in Oxford Review of Education, Volume 25, Nos 1 & 2, pp. 155-169
Related Keywords:
Democracy, Economic, social and political dimension, European Union (EU), Values

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