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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
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Daoud, Mohamed – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2001
Describes the current language situation in Tunisia while maintaining a historical perspective that is helpful in understanding how language-related changes have come about, and a prospective view that may illuminate future developments. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Arabic, Bilingualism, Colonialism, Diachronic Linguistics
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Spence, Gail P. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2004
This paper examines developments in language policy planning in New Zealand over the last 20 years. The paper begins with a description of the New Zealand educational context, the country's changing demographics, and the uptake for learning languages as an elective in schools. The historical and sociopolitical contexts for language planning are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Language Planning, Cultural Context, Educational Change