Language education

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Language education refers to the processes and practices of teaching a second or foreign language. Its study reflects interdisciplinary approaches, usually including some applied linguistics.^[1]^[2] There are four main learning categories for language education: communicative competencies, proficiencies, cross-cultural experiences, and multiple literacies.^[3]

^ Spolsky, B., & Hult, F.M. (Eds.). (2008). Handbook of educational linguistics. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
^ Hult, F.M., (Ed.). (2010). Directions and prospects for educational linguistics. New York: Springer.
^ Phillips, J. K. (2007). Foreign Language Education: Whose Definition?. The Modern Language Journal, 91(2), 266–268. ISSN 0026-7902