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Hamza R'boul – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2025
This paper discusses how the political interplay between English-in-society and English-in-education policy in the Global South(s) facilitates what I term 'English as a subtle technology of policy distraction' in postcolonial spheres that were colonised by languages other than English. 'English as a subtle technology of policy distraction' is…
Descriptors: Postcolonialism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Role
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Hassa, Samira – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2012
This study examines language planning as displayed in street names, advertising posters, billboards, and supermarket product displays in three Moroccan cities: Casablanca, Fes, and Rabat. The study reveals somewhat confusing language planning stemming from on-going political, economic, and social transformation in Morocco. More than 50 years after…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Semitic Languages, Foreign Countries, Language Planning