foreign language and education in europe
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Foreign Language and Education in Europe. Steven E Richardson GPY 356 – 01 (Winter 2014). “United in Diversity”. Research Questions. What is the status of the English language throughout the European continent? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Foreign Language and Education in Europe
Steven E RichardsonGPY 356 – 01 (Winter 2014)
“United in Diversity”
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Research Questions
What is the status of the English language throughout the European continent?
Does the quality of education have an impact on learning English as a foreign language and its presence as a working language?
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Hypothesis
Higher expenditures on education will create a stronger system that allows for advanced English language learning, ultimately creating a common working language amongst Europeans.
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Research FindingsPercent of pupils learning a foreign language in primary school
Variable 1
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Research Findings
Variable 1
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Research Findings
Variable 1
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Variable 1
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Variable 1
Norway – lowest score
DK & GMY – below avg.
SWE, FIN, FR, NED – higher than avg.
Croatia – higher than avg.
Conclusions
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Research FindingsPublic expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Variable 2
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Research Findings
Variable 2
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Research Findings
Variable 2
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Variable 2
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Variable 2
NW, SWE, DK, FIN – spend above avg.
Cyprus spends above avg.
GMY spends below avg., as well as ITA & SPA
Conclusions
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Comparison
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Conclusions
Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, and Sweden correlate.
7 out of 26 countries correlate
Croatia & Czech Republic – above average English learning and below average money expenditures.
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Final Statements This data proves that strictly viewing these
numbers without having further knowledge and understanding can lead to improper assumptions of the situation in the respective countries.
These are just arbitrary numbers that provide us with a glimpse into a country.
There is not necessarily a correlation between the amount of money a country invests in its education system and the amount of people who can speak English.
Further research and case studies will perhaps give us a deeper meaning behind the data and maps.
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Work Cited Eurostat (powered by the European
Commission) http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/
page/portal/statistics/themes