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Inching towards literacy in Madrid’s primary schools : a survey of school-wide projects / Ana Halbach, Daniel Candel Bormann.
// Language and Education Vol.33, No 5/2019 UK : Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.p. 416-430 Over the last decades, the term ‘literacy’ has extended far beyond its original reference to learning to read and write. However, few data are available about its actual application in schools across Europe. This article, which is part of a larger project, tries to identify the common trends and difficulties teachers face when dealing with literacy in the Madrid area, one of the more successful regions in education. After focusing on the unresolved difficulty of finding a Spanish equivalent to the term ‘literacy’, the article analyses the answers to 116 questionnaires by primary school teachers. Responses suggest a relative lack of interest in literacy projects, as few schools seem to be developing one. Analysis of the five projects that allowed a follow-up indicates a minority trend away from teaching about the language towards using it in meaningful contexts and across languages, but mostly without a clear idea of what literacy means. This is especially true for three projects, two of which are loosely based on neurolinguistics. The fourth project is in its initial stages, and only the fifth shows a promising understanding of literacy, using language as a tool to learn and think, and working across languages around themes and genres.
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Teaching English as a second language in Sri Lankan primary schools: opportunity and pedagogy / Angela W. Little
// Language, Culture and Curriculum Volume 32, No 2/2019 2019p.113-127 Policy guidelines in Sri Lanka prescribe how and for how long English should be taught as a second language in primary education but practices on the ground may deviate. Opportunities for teaching and learning and pedagogy are key aspects of the process of learning. Using a large-scale survey this paper addresses (i) how much time is allocated to the teaching of English and how much time is lost, (ii) how English teachers use their time in primary education classrooms and (iii) the factors associated with student-centred learning and on academic learning in general. Around a quarter of the class time is lost through timetabling, teacher absenteeism, lesson start and finish times and teacher off task activity. Teachers who spend more time teaching in class are more likely to be in rural or estate schools and in schools with more facilities, and to have attended the Primary English Language Programme in the past. Teachers who spend more time on student-centred activities are more likely to be teaching Grade 3 than Grade 5, using remedial methods and holding an official ‘appointment’ as an English teacher. Policy implications for Sri Lanka are considered and points of comparison with policies and practices elsewhere raised.
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