Bibliography

• Why is ESL a problem for contemporary (EU) society?

  EU policy documents stress that ESL holds important long-term economic consequences (economic growth) and macro-social consequences (social cohesion). Research calculating the financial costs of ESL very convincingly supports these arguments, while there are various difficulties in quantifying the social consequences of ESL. According to critical policy approaches, this potentially narrows understanding of the problem of ESL to its economic dimension.

  Keywords : EU 
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11 February 2015, by Urška Štremfel

• What can we learn from second-chance education programmes for adults to prevent ESL in younger generations?

  A review of second-chance education programmes and practices indicates that mainstream education could help prevent ESL by implementing its main principles: a student-centred approach to learning, encouragement of a supportive school environment and relationships, socio-emotional support, use of interactive teaching methods and connectedness to different community agents.

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23 July 2015, by Klaudija Šterman Ivančič