Language Learning in Anglophone Countries

Chapter 1: Introduction (Ursula Lanvers, Amy S. Thompson and Martin East).- Part 1: Challenges to Language Learning in Anglophone Countries: Observations from School Education.- Chapter 2: Language Learning in New Zealand's Schools: Enticing Opportunities and Enduring Constraints (Martin East).- Chapter 3: The Place of Foreign Languages in the Irish Education System: Towards a More Strategic Approach (Jennifer Bruen).- Chapter 4: English Monolingualism in Canada: A Critical Analysis of Language Ideologies (Andrea Sterzuk and Hyunjung Shin).- Chapter 5: Shifting Ideologies: The Seal of Biliteracy in the United States (Charlotte R. Hancock and Kristin J. Davin).- Chapter 6: Choosing Language Options at Secondary School in England: Insights from Parents and Students (Ursula Lanvers and Christopher Martin).- Chapter 7: Why Does Northern Ireland Have No Primary School Languages? A Review of the Interplay Between Languages and Politics in Northern Ireland (Ian Collen).- Chapter 8: Language Education in Australian Primary Schools: Policy, Practice, Perceptions (Shannon Mason and John Hajek).- Part 2: Challenges to Language Learning in Anglophone Countries: Observations from Higher Education.- Chapter 9: University Language Policy and Planning in the United Kingdom: Modern Foreign Languages Teaching and Learning (Anthony J. Liddicoat).- Chapter 10: LOTEs in US Universities: Benefits, Trends, Motivations, and Opportunities (Amy S. Thompson).- Chapter 11: Learning Japanese as a Foreign Language in New Zealand: Questioning the Basic Assumptions (Harumi Minagawa and Dallas Nesbitt).- Part 3: Ways Forward through Immersion, Lifelong Learning and CLIL.- Chapter 12: Study Abroad for Anglophones: Language Learning through Multilingual Practices (Rosamond Mitchell and Nicole Tracy-Ventura).- Chapter 13: Learn From the Experts: Collaborative Language Learning and Language Ideology Awareness (Mara R. Barbosa).- Chapter 14: Content and Language Integrated Learning in England: Missed

Ursula Lanvers is Associate Professor for Language Education at the University of York, UK. She has published widely on language education policy, language learner motivation, language education theory, attitudes and language learner beliefs, and English Medium Instruction.

Amy S. Thompson is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Department Chair of the Department of World Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics at West Virginia University, USA. Her teaching experience includes a range of theoretical and methodological courses in applied linguistics.