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Anne Holmen – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2025
For many years Denmark has had a reputation for being laissez-faire in language matters. There is no explicit language legislation, and the Danish Language Council has mainly descriptive functions. However, there is a powerful standard language ideology, and in other societal domains such as education or immigration, language is heavily regulated.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Language Planning, Federal Legislation
Pawel Kamocki; Henning Lobin; Andreas Witt; Angelika Wöllstein – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2025
Despite being an official language of several countries in Central and Western Europe, German is not formally recognised as the official language of the Federal Republic of Germany. However, in certain situations the use of the German language, including the spelling rules, is subject to state regulation (by acts of Federal Parliament or by…
Descriptors: German, Official Languages, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation
Laima Kalediene; Ona Aleknaviciene – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2025
The paper analyses the current situation of the Lithuanian language policy in the 2-3rd decade of the twenty-first century, which, as in some other European countries, has been determined by the confrontation between nationalistic and neoliberal attitudes of the society and the Seimas (Parliament). The reasons for updating language policy are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Native Language, Federal Legislation
Svetla Koeva – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2025
The paper presents some general facts about Bulgarian, which is spoken by over 8 million people all over the world and is the official language of the Republic of Bulgaria. It is shown that language diversity within the country has been relatively constant and modest over the last 90 years (with a clear dominance of Bulgarian). The focus of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Educational Policy, Official Languages
Prys, Cynog; Matthews, David – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
Increasingly, it is recognised that the opportunity to engage with one's own culture and language is beneficial for an individual's well-being. Research among indigenous communities in North America, Australia, Scandinavia, and New Zealand, have illustrated the importance of culturo-linguistic congruity. In Wales, the Well-being of Future…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Well Being, Welsh, Legislation
Humphries, Emma; Ayres-Bennett, Wendy – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
In which domains and for which language types does language legislation occur and how easy is it to identify it? The United Kingdom (UK) affords a good test bed to answer these questions since it is often considered to be lacking in strong public language policy due to, amongst other things, a lack of a coherent language policy across the UK and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Language Planning, Legislation, Welsh
Gruffydd, Ifor; Hodges, Rhian; Prys, Cynog – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
This paper presents a detailed analysis of how Welsh language training in the public sector workplace in north Wales is planned and delivered. Specific attention is given to the effectiveness of strategic management on both the macro level (Welsh Government, Welsh Language Board/Welsh Language Commissioner) and the micro level (individual public…
Descriptors: Welsh, Language Planning, Workplace Learning, Strategic Planning
Sharma, Abhimanyu – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2021
This paper examines language policies in Northern Ireland vis-à-vis the Irish language. Whilst the devolution of powers has benefitted Welsh and Scottish Gaelic through the creation of separate language acts dedicated to them, there is no such act for Irish. Taking this policy discrepancy as its point of departure, this paper investigates how the…
Descriptors: Irish, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Peace
Holmes, Luke – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
Drawing on the ethico-political framework of hospitality, this paper investigates the communicative practices of three administrative support staff as they attempt to manage the twin challenges of working in adherence to state and institutional language policies while communicating ethically in an internationalising workplace. Academic…
Descriptors: Ethics, Political Attitudes, Multilingualism, Politics of Education
Mohamed, Naashia – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2021
This paper explores the agentive role of school leaders in interpreting and implementing macro language education policies at preschool level in the Maldives. The Preschool Management Act of 2012 initiated a change in the medium of instruction from English to Dhivehi, recognising the importance of developing children's literacy skills in the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Language Planning, Decision Making, Administrator Attitudes