The Study of Foreign Languages in England: Uptake in Secondary School and Progression to Higher Education.
The Study of Foreign Languages in England: Uptake in Secondary School and Progression to Higher Education.
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英国的外语研究：中学的吸收和升入高等教育。
DOI：
10.1080/07908318.2017.1306069
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
C. V. Rodeiro
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作者：
C. V. Rodeiro
【摘要】近年来，英国中学学习外语的学生人数不断下降，外语优等生人数不断减少，这引起了教育家、雇主和政界人士的关注。因此，这项研究的目的是调查外语的吸收和进步，以便更好地了解这些学科面临的挑战及其在学校和大学中的地位。这篇文章的分析表明，16-18岁的学生选择学习一门语言的人数继续下降。然而，语言与科学科目和数学的结合相对受欢迎。关于进步，在语言科目上取得好成绩是对继续学习语言科目（例如在高等教育中）影响最大的因素之一。然而，总体而言，学生在语言方面的表现低于平均水平。
ABSTRACTThe decline in the numbers of students learning foreign languages in secondary schools in England, together with the low and decreasing number of top grades in these subjects, has raised concerns among educationalists, employers and politicians in the last few years. The aim of this research was, therefore, to investigate the uptake of and progression in foreign languages in order to better understand the challenges these subjects are facing and their position in schools and universities. The analyses presented in this article showed that that the number of 16–18 year old students choosing to study a language continues to decline. However, combinations of languages with science subjects and with mathematics were relatively popular. Regarding progression, achieving good grades in language subjects was one of the factors with greatest influence on continuing to study language subjects (e.g. in higher education). However, performance in languages was, in general, worse than average performance at sch...