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Sinfree Makoni; Unyierie Angela Idem; Stephanie Rudwick – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2024
The decolonization of applied linguistics is a critique of applied linguistics (see Phillipson, 1999; Phipps, 2018 and Pennycook & Makoni, 2020). We argue for a shift toward the Global South, in particular Africa, and for the importance of paying attention to 'race' as a significant category of analysis in applied linguistics in Africa. Three…
Descriptors: Decolonization, Applied Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations
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Ian Cushing – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2023
Educational linguists across England and the USA have long critiqued deficit-based language ideologies in schools, yet since the early 2010s, these have enjoyed a marked resurgence in England's education policy as evident in discourses, funding, and pedagogical materials related to the so-called 'word gap.' This article conceptualizes the word gap…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Language Attitudes, Language Usage