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Cruz Arcila, Ferney; Solano-Cohen, Vanessa; Rincón, Ana Cecilia; Lobato Junior, Antonio; Briceño-González, María – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
In the context of an undergraduate program in modern languages that includes the learning of French, Italian, Portuguese, and German in addition to English, this paper problematizes anglonormativity; that is, the dominant discourses of English as the taken-for-granted language of development. From the particular context of Colombia, where the…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Bagwasi, Mompoloki Mmangaka – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2012
This paper argues that the linguistic struggles faced by the Southern African Development Community (the SADC) represent common linguistic struggles found in Africa and the world where some languages are accused of dominating, stifling and suppressing others. However, the language situation within the SADC is interesting because it offers us a…
Descriptors: African Languages, Language Planning, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
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Mooko, Theophilus – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2009
This study explores the language policy and practice of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), an African regional economic organisation made up of 14 member states (Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), African Languages, Language Dominance, Language Planning