Published August 21, 2013
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Change and Development: A Case Study of the Implementation of Mandarin Chinese into the UK School Timetable
Authors/Creators
- 1. English Department, College of Foreign Languages, Jiaxing University, 314001, China.
Description
Implementing Mandarin Chinese into the UK school timetable is causing a big challenge
and change within the Modern Foreign Language department (MFL). This paper explores
some of the issues related to this new change within the MFL department. It begins with
the initiative and the context of the challenge and change. Then it reviews resistance and
its resources to the change. The next part goes through how these barriers were overcame
and the final part of the paper summarises some useful suggestions for those who want to
implement similar change within a MFL department in the UK.