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Erdocia, Iker – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2019
The management of bilingualism in the Spanish autonomous community of Navarre is a source of tension. The implementation of English medium of instruction in the public educational system has clashed with attempts to break with the linguistic territoriality regime by promoting Basque schooling. This paper brings together ideologies on English and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Spanish, Language of Instruction, Languages
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Tunger, Verena; Mar-Molinero, Clare; Paffey, Darren; Vigers, Dick; Barlog, Cecylia – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2010
This paper explores the implications of new patterns of migration (temporary, circular) for national and regional language policies in officially bilingual areas. Contrasting urban and rural sites in the UK (Wales), Spain (Valencia) and Switzerland (Grisons), it examines the dominant discourses regarding "national" (both in the formal…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Rural Urban Differences, Official Languages, Foreign Countries
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de Bres, Julia – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
The attitudes and behaviours of majority language speakers have an important impact on minority languages, and it has been claimed that the long-term success of minority language initiatives may only be achievable if some degree of favourable opinion, or "tolerability", of these initiatives is secured among majority language speakers.…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Immersion Programs, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes