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Pentecostal and Catholic Migrant Churches in London--The Role of Ideologies in the Language Planning of Faith Lessons
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Souza, Ana; Kwapong, Amoafi; Woodham, Malgorzata – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2012
The former British Labour Government acknowledged that religious practices play an important role in the development of children's identities [DCFS. (2009). "Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system." London: HMSO; DfES (2007). "Curriculum review: Diversity and citizenship." London: HMSO].…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Foreign Countries, Catholics, Churches
The Language Situation in Timor-Leste
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Taylor-Leech, Kerry – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2009
Timor-Leste celebrated its formal political independence on 20th May 2002. The National Constitution of the new nation declared the endogenous lingua franca (Tetum) and the former colonial language (Portuguese) to be co-official. The remaining local languages were given the status of national languages. Indonesian and English were designated as…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Language Planning, Linguistic Borrowing, Official Languages
The Language Planning Situation in Sri Lanka
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Coperahewa, Sandagomi – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2009
This monograph examines the language planning situation in Sri Lanka with particular emphasis on the planning of Sinhala as an official language of the country. It explores the historical, social, ideological and political processes, changes in language policy decisions, as well as the complexities of the language policy and planning situation in…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Official Languages, Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages