Perspectives on Foreign Language Policy: Studies in Honour of Theo van Els

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1. Preface 2. Foreign-Language Teaching Policy in the Netherlands 1800-1970: A Historical Outline (by Wilhelm, Frans) 3. The Task Force of the Dutch National Action Programme as an Instrument for Developing and Implementing Foreign-Language Policy (by Tuin, Dirk) 4. NAP as a Basis for a Coherent FLT Policy (by Renique, A.J.E.G.) 5. The Difficulty of Spanish for Dutch Learners (by Oud-de Glas, Maria) 6. Changing Target - Changing Tests (by Melse, Leijn) 7. Horizon Taal and Language Planning in the United States (by Lambert, Richard D.) 8. Developing a Language-Competent American Society: Implications of the English-Only Movement (by Tucker, G. Richard) 9. Planning Foreign-Language Education: An Israeli Perspective (by Spolsky, Bernard) 10. Implementation of Foreign-Language Policy in Finland (by Sajavaara, Kari) 11. Foreign-Language Policy form the Grass Roots (by Christ, Herbert) 12. Multilingualism in the Netherlands? (by Bot, Kees de) 13. Minority Groups and Minority Languages in the Netherlands: Empirical Facts and Educational Policy (by Broeder, Peter) 14. From Mother Tongue to Foreign Language: Prospects for Minority-Language Education in the Netherlands (by Driessen, Geert W.J.M.) 15. Adult Second-Language Policy in the Netherlands: Some Considerations (by Janssen-van Dieten, Anne-Mieke) 16. Index