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Rozenvalde, Kerttu – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
This paper investigates the positions of state policymakers in Latvia on Latvian, English, and Russian in higher education. By using argumentation analysis, the study explores policymakers' statements in two public debates: on the use of Russian as a medium of instruction (May 2018-June 2020) and on the use of English as a language of doctoral…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, English (Second Language), Language Planning, Language Usage
He, Shanhua; Mao, Tiaoyuan – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2020
The current Language Policy and Planning (LPP) literature does not differentiate between LPP as practical planning and LPP as a research area. This lack of a conceptual distinction has led to difficulties in explaining the contradiction of the lethargic status of "LPP-research" and the vigorous reality of "LPP-practice." This…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Language Research, Government Role, Financial Support
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Perales Escudero, Moises Damian; Reyes Cruz, Maria del Rosario; Loyo, Griselda Murrieta – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2012
The quality of English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) instruction in elementary schools worldwide is an issue of concern for language policy and planning (LPP) scholars, as are examinations of power and ideologies operating in policy creation and implementation. This critical, exploratory study blends these two strands of inquiry by examining…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Ideology
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Chriost, Diarmait Mac Giolla – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2006
This paper comprises a brief examination of the approach taken by the Welsh Language Board, as the principal language policy and planning body in Wales, with regard to aspects of prestige planning and the Welsh language. It describes how devolution and the recent, and first ever, national review by the Welsh Assembly Government of Welsh language…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Reputation, Foreign Countries, Welsh
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Hatoss, Aniko – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2006
This paper provides an example of micro-planning which involves community, government and non-government organisations both in the context of immigrants' source and host countries. The community in question is the Hungarian diaspora in Australia. The language planning activities are aimed at maintaining an immigrant heritage language and identity.…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Immigrants
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Chua, Catherine Siew Kheng – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2006
This paper looks at current reforms by the Government and Ministry of Education, which are moving from a tight national system to a more locally based system, where schools and teachers will have more choice over what they study and teach. This paper addresses this reform at three levels. First, it highlights the changes in the Singaporean…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Educational Planning, Educational Change, Foreign Countries