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Direct linkShohamy, Elana – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
In the past decade, major attention has been given to the power of tests and to the pivotal roles tests play in societies in shaping the definitions of language, affecting learning and teaching, and maintaining and creating social class. Accordingly, the quality of tests is not judged merely by their psychometric traits but also in relation to…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Social Class, Testing, Language Tests
Ammon, Ulrich – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2006
This paper proposes a range of improvements to international science communication. It pictures the contemporary language situation in international scientific communication as well as its recent history with the rise of English as its most notable feature and offers explanations for this development. It discusses in which sciences languages other…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Scientists, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedSalhi, Kamal – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2002
Argues that the question of the presence of French in former French colonies is not controversial. A study of French in the Francophone world is set in the context of the precoccupations that Francophones themselves have about the importance of the own languages--other than French--that can be defined in their relationship to France only from a…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Foreign Countries, French, Indigenous Populations
Burrough-Boenisch, Joy – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2006
Prior to submitting a paper to a science journal, many European scientists employ language professionals to check that the English is acceptable. What influences these language professionals' criteria of acceptability? How do they interact with the authors for whom they work? And how do journals' criteria of acceptability affect their work? In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities, Scientists, Academic Discourse
Ramanathan, Vaidehi – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2005
At a time when connections between English and globalisation seem stronger than ever, and at a time when the "dominant" status of English "vis-a-vis" other languages is very prominent, it seems imperative for the LPP scholarship to make room for grounded explorations regarding English and its relationship to vernacular…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Cunningham, Denis – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2004
Education is the right, but not the reality, of all. Various international trends are identified to set the scene for languages education. Challenges facing the teaching profession--in the contexts of teachers, students, teacher training, conditions and the curriculum--are addressed by effective strategies. Policy is prioritised, as it is in this…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Civil Rights, Trend Analysis, Educational Trends
