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Ранното чуждоезиково обучение по английски език в две скандинавски страни
Early Foreign Language Education in English in Two Scandinavian Countries

Author(s): Katya Simeonova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Preschool education, School education, State/Government and Education, Sociology of Education
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: early foreign language education; English language; primary school; Norway; Sweden

Summary/Abstract: The article reflects on data and personal impressions on contemporary early foreign language education in Norway and Sweden. The significance of the English language in these Scandinavian societies is emphasized. The English language is being perceived not as an obligatory foreign language the educational systems, but as a second national language in these two countries.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 92-98
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Bulgarian