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Keydeniers, Darlene; Aalberse, Suzanne; Andringa, Sible; Kuiken, Folkert – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
This paper analyses the motivations behind the implementation of bilingual education in the Dutch preschool system and relates this to the status of Dutch in the Dutch educational system. Based on the analysis of policy documents and questionnaires filled in by parents and teachers, this study reveals two different underlying ideologies that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Education, Indo European Languages, Preschool Education
Van Oss, Victoria; Van Avermaet, Piet; Struys, Esli; Vantieghem, Wendelien – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
This study investigates Spolsky's conception of language policy as the amalgam of language beliefs, language practices and language management. To the best of our knowledge, no quantitative evidence has ever been produced for his theoretical model. The current paper addressed this void, albeit specifically in the domain of Early Childhood Care and…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Language Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
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Troolin, David – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2013
This paper describes a case study of language development in rural Papua New Guinea, in which parents felt the local school was not meeting the educational needs of their children. In this case study, the local, national and global narratives concerning use of the vernacular in education were apparent in the negotiation leading to an apparent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Language Planning, Case Studies