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Pride, Prejudice and Pragmatism: Family Language Policies in the UK
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Curdt-Christiansen, Xiao Lan; Wei, Li; Hua, Zhu – Language Policy, 2023
In this study, we examine how mobility and on-going changes in sociocultural contexts impact family language policy (FLP) in the UK. Using a questionnaire and involving 470 transnational families across the UK, our study provides a descriptive analysis of different family language practices in England and establishes how attitudes influence the…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Language Usage, Language Planning, Native Language
Language Policies and Linguistic Super-Diversity in Contemporary Urban Societies: The Case of the City of Southampton, UK
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Cadier, Linda; Mar-Molinero, Clare – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2012
Our aim here is to investigate the multilingual "super-diverse" environment of Southampton City's work places, in public and private sector sites, and to observe how speakers interact and use their linguistic competences; whether this facilitates communication and social/professional integration, or whether this produces obstacles and…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Language Planning
Linguistic Memory and the Politics of U.S. English
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Trimbur, John – College English, 2006
Tracing the effects of the "laissez-faire" postcolonial politics of language in the United States, which in fact enabled English to become the dominant language through cultural rather than institutional means, the essay then suggests how the linguistic memory that emerges from decolonization and nation building continues, often in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Memory, Linguistics
Foreign Language Planning in England: The Pupil Perspective
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Payne, Mark – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2006
This paper discusses pupil choice in relation to foreign language (FL) planning as an instance of micro-language planning. Borrowing from established language planning theory (Haugen, 1983; Kaplan & Baldauf, 1997), FL planning is conceptualised and defined here as the consideration of those aspects of language planning that reflect social,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Secondary Schools, Language Planning, Second Language Learning
Multilingualism in England.
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Rampton, Ben; And Others – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
Review of research on multilingualism in England examines recent responses to multilingualism within the national education system and growing tension between education policy and research. Notes research weaknesses in 1980s (inadequate study of language pedagogy, over-reliance on self-report data, treating Caribbean languages separately) and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Policy and Practice in Bilingual Education: A Reader Extending the Foundations. Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 2 Series.
Garcia, Ofelia, Ed.; Baker, Colin, Ed. – 1995
This book can be used as a comprehensive introduction for instructors, researchers, and students, and as an interactive text for students. In designing the text the authors have been particularly attentive to the needs in teacher education, especially in the preparation of bilingual teachers. Thus, each of the readings is followed by questions and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Dialog Journals, Educational Policy, English (Second Language)