@article { author = {Cook, Vivian}, title = {What Are the Goals of Language Teaching?}, journal = {Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, pages = {44-56}, year = {2013}, publisher = {Urmia University}, issn = {2322-1291}, eissn = {}, doi = {}, abstract = {For many centuries people who speak more than one language, that is to say second language (L2) users, have been admired. In the 16th century an advisor to Elizabeth I of England said: ‘For even as a hawk flieth not high with one wing, even so a man reacheth not to excellency with one tongue.’ Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, 1570 In the 21st century the education minister for Elizabeth II proclaimed: ‘It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.’ Michael Gove, UK Education Secretary, 2011 Yet, despite these public statements, bilingualism is more often seen as a problem to be solved than an asset to be developed. Second language (L2) users indeed have problems, whether social, psychological or economic – like everyone else. But few of these stem from their bilingualism itself.}, keywords = {multilingualism,language teaching,multicompetence,L2 user}, url = {https://ijltr.urmia.ac.ir/article_20452.html}, eprint = {https://ijltr.urmia.ac.ir/article_20452_b14beb045161af78daca7dedcb1299b7.pdf} }