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- Title
French vocabulary breadth among learners in the British school and university system: comparing knowledge over time.
- Authors
JAMES MILTON
- Abstract
This paper investigates the scale of vocabulary learning that appears to be common among British foreign language learners of French up to university graduation. These results are compared with historical data and the knowledge learners possessed in previous generations. This is done by comparing current students' vocabulary knowledge with students who studied more than 20 years ago. These comparisons provide very powerful evidence in support of claims made to the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority of a progressive decline in the knowledge of learners and the standard of school examinations over a period of decades.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; FRENCH language education -- English speakers; FRENCH vocabulary; EDUCATIONAL standards; FRENCH historical lexicology; QUALIFICATIONS &; Curriculum Authority (Great Britain)
- Publication
Journal of French Language Studies, 2008, Vol 18, Issue 3, p333
- ISSN
0959-2695
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0959269508003487