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Publication details [#52690]

Elder, Catherine. 2009. Reconciling accountability and development needs in heritage language education: A communication challenge for the evaluation consultant. Language Teaching Research 13 (1) : 15–33.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | communication | evaluation | language development1

Language as a subject

Arabic | Chinese | English, Australian | Vietnamese

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This study explores how successful the evaluation process of bilingual education programs (Vietnamese—English, Chinese—English and Arabic—English respectively) in the Australian state of Victoria , fulfilled the double criteria of external accountability and development.