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SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPLICATIONS OF FUNDING THE PROVISION OF ADULT ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Author(s) -
Hampel Bill
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1994.tb00935.x
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , project commissioning , social justice , publishing , economic justice , sociology , quality (philosophy) , scheme (mathematics) , english language , productivity , public relations , economics , political science , law and economics , law , economic growth , psychology , computer science , epistemology , mathematical analysis , philosophy , mathematics , mathematics education , programming language
National economic salvation through improved productivity and quality is surely more likely when English language skills of Non‐English Speaking Background settlers are maximised. This article argues however, that the recent federal user‐pays scheme for funding adult ESL will impose considerable hardship on many prospective and newly‐arrived settlers. The paper briefly surveys the directions and scope of existing and proposed funding schemes; identifies some of the sociological objections to the user‐pays scheme; and then advances an alternative approach that more strictly upholds principles of social justice.