Table of contents
Prefacevii
Foreign-Language Teaching Policy in the Netherlands 1800–1970: A Historical Outline1
The Task Force of the Dutch National Action Programme as an Instrument for Developing and Implementing Foreign-Language Policy21
NAP as a Basis for a Coherent FLT Policy35
The Difficulty of Spanish for Dutch Learners41
Changing Target — Changing Tests55
Horizon Taal and Language Planning in the United States79
Developing a Language-Competent American Society: Implications of the English-Only Movement89
Planning Foreign-Language Education: An Israeli Perspective99
Implementation of Foreign-Language Policy in Finland113
Foreign-Language Policy form the Grass Roots129
Multilingualism in the Netherlands?143
Minority Groups and Minority Languages in the Netherlands: Empirical Facts and Educational Policy157
From Mother Tongue to Foreign Language: Prospects for Minority-Language Education in the Netherlands181
Adult Second-Language Policy in the Netherlands: Some Considerations201
Index219
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