[lg policy] Sweden: Early English learning comes under academic attack

[Harold Schiffman]

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The Local



Early English learning comes under academic attack



A Liberal Party proposal to make English language learning obligatory
in schools from the first grade has been slammed by members of the
Swedish Academy who view it as an "unnecessary reinforcement of the
status of English."



The proposal to introduce English early into the classroom has been
met with criticism from the Swedish Academy's permanent secretary
Peter Englund and his predecessor Horace Engdahl in an article in
newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.



Full story:

http://www.thelocal.se/23376/20091120/

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