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de Bres, Julia – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
This article makes a case for the existence of a minority language hierarchy in New Zealand. Based on an analysis of language ideologies expressed in recent policy documents and interviews with policymakers and representatives of minority language communities, it presents the arguments forwarded in support of the promotion of different types of…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Interviews

Aikio, Marjut – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1991
Analyzes dominant trends in the linguistic situation of Finnish Sami. The aim is to discuss these trends as a component of indigenous people's problems with linguistic inequality. Sami language and its speakers, Sami language shift, Sami schooling, status of Sami the language, and the reification of the language are all discussed. (20 references)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Language of Instruction, Native Speakers

Kwo, Ora W. Y. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1989
Explores the arguments surrounding the debate over the language of instruction in Hong Kong schools, and examines their practical implications. The rationale for stronger emphasis on Putonghua in the school system is discussed in detail, and the main options available to policymakers at both the institutional and territory-wide levels are…
Descriptors: Chinese, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction

Msanjila, Y. P. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1990
Explores three major problems related to the use of Kiswahili as the language of instruction in Tanzania teacher training colleges, including the lack of a clear Kiswahili academic register; inadequately prepared tutors; and problems in the dissemination of terminologies. (19 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language of Instruction, Language Skills

Sondergaard, Bent – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1990
Discusses the educational situation and lack of educational continuity in the language of instruction in North Slesvig, Denmark. (JL)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Danish, Foreign Countries, German

Lyon, Jean – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1991
This paper reports the language use of some 400 mothers in North Wales. Factors associated with language use are examined, including cross-language partnerships, past educational medium, and situation. (25 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Fathers, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction

Burnaby, Barbara; Mackenzie, Marguerite – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2001
Describes the complex context of language choice in schools in Cree communities on the east coast of James bay in Quebec before Cree was used as the language of instruction. Four important threads of concern were identified: locus of control, economies of scale, community visions of language and education, and the role of literacies. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Literacy

Hailemariam, Chefena; Kroon, Sjaak; Walters, Joel – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1999
Focuses on language choice in Eritrea within the broader context of language policy in multilingual states. Pre-colonial and post-colonial language policies are surveyed in relation to evolving linguistic and political nationalism. Post-independence language policy is examined from the perspective of the functional allocation of nine Eritrean…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Multilingualism

Early, Robert – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1999
Discusses the official system of trilingualism and the dual-language education system in Vanuatu, suggesting that these place enormous strains on Vanuatu's infrastructure. Appropriate multilingual development for the future requires that fundamental issues of constitutional interpretation and definition of language policy be resolved. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English, Foreign Countries, French, Futures (of Society)

de Klerk, Vivian – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2000
Describes a survey in and around Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, which focused on the steady trickle of speakers of Xhosa into English-medium schools in the area. Examined the underlying reasons to send Xhosa children to these schools and the subsequent socio-psychological effects of the move on children. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction

Thomas, Peter Wynn – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1991
Addresses issue of quality of spoken Welsh of children in Welsh-medium schools. Analysis of morphology of inflected pronouns produced by these children suggests that subset of apparent errors may represent stage in process of remolding traditional examples to produce elements of code that is unique to these new speakers of Welsh and that may…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Language Research

Taha, Taha Abdel Mageed – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1990
Discusses challenges to policymakers stemming from the recent change to the use of Arabic as a medium of instruction at colleges and universities in Arabic-speaking countries, including implementation plans and attitude surveys about Arabicization. It is argued that there is a need for a long-term plan for gradual implementation of the…
Descriptors: Arabic, College Second Language Programs, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries

Russell, Joan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1990
The role of Tanzania's first President in promoting Swahili is outlined, and language policy is seen as one of the inevitable components of crises management. The recent reversal of an early policy of eventual Swahili-medium secondary and higher education is noted. (42 references)(JL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language of Instruction

Lalleman, Josine – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1987
Exploration of the extent to which acculturation may be related to classroom second-language acquisition in Turkish immigrant children reared in the Netherlands found that the relationship was significant and positive, but not really high. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Child Language, Correlation, Dutch

Lalor, Olga; Blanc, M. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1988
Analysis of the speech patterns of Adyge school children and their families resettled in a Russian community indicated that: (1) the use of Adyge was a sensitive indicator of nationalistic feelings in the community, and (2) while Russian was displacing Adyge (especially among younger people), traditional Adyge values firmly held their ground.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Community Attitudes, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries