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Jaquelin Yang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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implementing educational Language Policy in arizona legal historical and current practices in sei by m b arias and c faltis
International Multilingual Research Journal, 2016Co-Authors: Jaquelin YangAbstract:In this collected volume, Implementing Educational Language Policy in Arizona: Legal, Historical and Current Practices in SEI (series editors, Nancy H. Hornberger and Colin Baker), editors M. Beatr...
Thomas Ricento - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Language Policy and political economy english in a global context
2015Co-Authors: Thomas RicentoAbstract:This volume articulates a new framework for Language Policy research that explores the connections between Language Policy and political economy. The chapters are united in their focus on English, a Language that has enjoyed a reputation as a "global Language" over the course of the last century and that is perceived as a tool for socioeconomic mobility. The book argues that adopting a new, political economic approach to Language Policy research will enhance our ability to provide more consistent explanations about the status, functions, benefits, and limitations of English in its various roles in non-English dominant countries. The book poses the questions: Does English serve as a "lingua franca" and does it advance the interests of sustainable economic and social development in low-income countries? Written by leading experts in Language Policy research, the chapters reveal the myriad and complex ways in which government leaders, Policymakers, and communities make decisions about the Languages that will be taught as subjects or used as media of instruction in schools. English is often advertised as a social "good" with unquestioned instrumental value, yet access to quality English-medium education in low-income countries tends to be restricted to those with sufficient economic means to pay for it. As the capitalist world economy continues to change and grow, and assuming that translation technologies continue to improve, it is likely that the roles and relative importance of English as a global Language will change significantly. Assessing the costs and benefits of acquiring English therefore takes on increased urgency. The book argues that a political economic approach is particularly appropriate in this endeavor, as it takes into account theories and empirical findings from a range of disciplines in order to assess and explain real-world phenomena that do not fit neatly into boxes labeled "economic," "social," "political" or "cultural." Together, the chapters in this volume argue for a new direction in Language Policy studies-grounded in political economy -- that will explain why English has been experienced as both a blessing and curse in different parts of the world, why English continues to be useful as a lingua franca for particular sectors of the global economy, and why it is a detriment to economic development in many low-income countries. The book will be invaluable to Language Policy scholars, Policy-makers, and educators, significantly advancing research in this important field.
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Language Policy and political economy english in a global context
2015Co-Authors: Thomas RicentoAbstract:Introduction: Language Policy and Political Economy Thomas Ricento Part I: Political Theory and Political Economy in Language Policy Research on English as a Global Language 1. Political Economy and English as a " Language Thomas Ricento 2. Global English and the Limits of Liberalism: Confronting Global Capitalism and Challenges to the Nation-State Peter Ives 3. Language Policy and Global Political Economy Jeff Bale 4. Language, Hegemony, and Economy Glyn Williams Part II: Political Economy and Global English: Case Studies 5. The Economics of English in Europe Francois Grin 6. Language Education, Economic Development, and Participation in the Greater Mekong Subregion Paul Bruthiaux 7. Neoliberalism as Language Policy Ingrid Piller and Jinhyun Cho 8. Why English Dominates the Central Economy: An Economic Perspective on " and South African Language Policy Laurence Wright 9. Narratives of Globalization in Language Politics in India Selma Sonntag Part III: Global English, Development, and Democracy 10. The Ground Floor of the World: On the Socioeconomic Consequences of Linguistic Globalization Philippe Van Parijs 11. Linguistic Diversity and Global English: The Pushmi-Pullyu of Language Policy and Political Economy Suzanne Romaine 12. "English," the Global Lingua Franca? Thomas Ricento Index
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an introduction to Language Policy theory and method
2006Co-Authors: Thomas RicentoAbstract:List of Contributors. Preface. Part I. Theoretical Perspectives in Language Policy: An Overview(Thomas Ricento). 1. Language Policy: Theory and Practice - An Introduction (Thomas Ricento). 2. Frameworks and Models in Language Policy and Planning (Nancy H.Hornberger). 3. Critical Theroy in Language Policy (James W. Tollefson). 4. Postmodernism in Language Policy (Alastair Pennycook). 5. Economic Considerations in Language Policy (FranVois Grin). 6. Political Theory and Language Policy (Ronald Schmidt, Sr). 7. Language Policy and Linguistic Culture (Harold Schiffman). Part II. Methodological Perspectives in Language Policy. Methodological Perspectives in Language Policy: An Overview (Thomas Ricento). 8. The Lessons of Historical Investigation: Implications for the Study of Language Policy and Planning (Terrence G. Wiley). 9. Ethnographic Methods in Language Policy (Suresh Canagarajah). 10. Linguistic Analyses in Language Policies (Ruth Wodak). 11. Geolinguistic Analysis in Language Policy (Don Cartwright). 12. Psycho-Sociological Analysis in Language Policy (Colin Baker). Part III. Topical Areas in Language Policy. Topical Areas in Language Policy: An Overview (Thomas Ricento). 13. Language Policy and National Identity (Jan Blommaert). 14. Language Policy and Minority Rights (Stephen May). 15. Language Policy and Linguistic Human Rights (Tove Skutnabb-Kangas). 16. Language Policies and the Education of Linguistic Minorities (Christina Bratt Paulston and Kai Heidemann). 17. Lnaguage Policy and Language Shift (Joshua A. Fishman). 18. Language Policy and Sign Languages (Timothy Reagan). 19. Language Policy and Linguistic Imperialism (Robert Phillipson). Index.
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historical and theoretical perspectives in Language Policy and planning
Journal of Sociolinguistics, 2000Co-Authors: Thomas RicentoAbstract:This paper explores the evolution of Language Policy and planning (LPP) as an area of research from the end of World War II to the present day. Based on analysis of the LPP literature, three types of factors are identified as having been instrumental in shaping the field. These factors – macro sociopolitical, epistemological, and strategic – individually and interactively have influenced the kinds of questions asked, methodologies adopted, and goals aspired to in LPP research. Research in LPP is divided into three historical phases: (1) decolonization, structuralism, and pragmatism; (2) the failure of modernization, critical sociolinguistics, and access; and (3) the new world order, postmodernism, and linguistic human rights. The article concludes with a discussion of current research trends and areas requiring further investigation.
Tadhg O Hifearnain - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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irish Language broadcast media the interaction of state Language Policy broadcasters and their audiences
Current Issues in language and society, 2000Co-Authors: Tadhg O HifearnainAbstract:The position of Irish on the airwaves now and through recent history has always been closely linked to the strength of the Language in society, its position in public opinion and national Language Policy and the place of the state-owned broadcaster and its subsidiary channels within the broadcasting domain. Government legislation regulates the private and voluntary sectors, which may also receive indirect state subsidies for Irish Language programming. It is therefore impossible to separate the status and development of Irish in the broadcast media from the shifting nature of the state's relationship with the Language and the people who speak it. This article discusses the development of Irish broadcast media since the foundation of the state in the context of Language Policy. It argues that the Irish government has moved from a leading role in the early part of the 20th century in which Irishwas central to all social, educational and economic policies, through a series of transformations that reflected t...
Stephen Evans - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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disputes and deliberations over Language Policy the case of early colonial hong kong
Language Policy, 2008Co-Authors: Stephen EvansAbstract:This case study of colonial Language Policy examines the disputes and deliberations over Language Policy in Hong Kong education during the Governorship of Sir John Pope Hennessy (1877–1882). Although Language Policy had been a source of controversy at various times during the 1860s and 1870s, it was not until Hennessy’s term that conflict over the roles of English and Chinese in Hong Kong’s education system came fully into the open. One consequence of this sudden upsurge of interest in Language Policy was that the colonial and metropolitan authorities were finally forced to confront the issues and problems associated with two decades of government-sponsored English-Language education. The debates and decisions about Language Policy during this period provide revealing evidence of the British government’s position on the learning and use of English in colonial education and society.
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Language Policy in british colonial education evidence from nineteenth century hong kong
Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2006Co-Authors: Stephen EvansAbstract:This article examines the evolution of Language‐in‐education Policy in Hong Kong during the first six decades of British rule (1842–1902). In particular, it analyses the changing roles and status of the English and Chinese Languages during this formative period in the development of the colony’s education system. The textual and statistical data presented in the article provide a corrective to the claim that the British imposed English on their colonial subjects and in the process rode roughshod over the indigenous Languages. The evidence suggests that Hong Kong’s education system provided opportunities for native students to attend purely Chinese schools, purely English schools or mixed‐medium schools. Although the British apparently attached more importance to English teaching, they were generally at pains to emphasise that English should not be studied at the expense of Chinese. The findings indicate that Language Policy (be it Chinese or English in orientation) was always tied in some way to Britain’s...
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macaulay s minute revisited colonial Language Policy in nineteenth century india
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2002Co-Authors: Stephen EvansAbstract:This paper examines a crucial episode in the history of Language Policy in British colonial education: the Orientalist–Anglicist controversy of the 1830s over the content and medium of government education in India. The bitter dispute over colonial Language-in-education Policy during this period raised fundamental questions about the roles and status of the English Language and the Indian vernacular and classical Languages in the diffusion of Western knowledge and ideas on the subcontinent. At the heart of many accounts of the controversy, not least those of a polemical nature, is Thomas Babington Macaulay's famous Minute of 1835, which advocated the creation of a class of anglicised Indians who would serve as cultural intermediaries between the British and their Indian subjects. This paper reassesses Macaulay's influence on British Language Policy in 19th century India. It begins by examining the background to the Orientalist–Anglicist dispute in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and then moves on ...
Welat Zeydanlioglu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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turkey s kurdish Language Policy
International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2012Co-Authors: Welat ZeydanliogluAbstract:This article examines the Turkish state's assimilationist Policy towards the Kurds and the Kurdish Language in Turkey. It studies how the Turkish nationalist elites, the Kemalists, have throughout the 20th century systematically suppressed the Kurdish Language as part of their aim to construct a homogenous nation-state of Turkish speakers. It shows that this linguicidal Policy was strongly informed by the traumatic collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the consequent Kemalist emphasis on complete ethno-linguistic homogeneity as criteria for being “Turkish”, “Western” and “civilised”. The article discusses the various “Turkification” strategies of the authorities, such as banning the Kurdish Language, the denial of the existence of the Kurds, changing the names of towns and villages, the forced re-settlement of Kurds and the assimilation of Kurdish children. It critically analyses the recent developments in Turkey's Kurdish Language Policy and the reform efforts of the current government as part of the country's EU candidacy. The article reflects however, that whilst looking good on paper, these reforms have had little impact in reality and Kurdish speakers in Turkey are still systematically denied their basic human and linguistic rights.
