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Direct linkDavid Lasagabaster – Language Policy, 2025
South Africa immediately springs to mind as the epitome of multilingual language policies. In fact, its Constitution granted official status to 11 languages in 1996, and the Language Policy in Higher Education passed by the Ministry of Education in 2002 required universities to develop and use the indigenous official languages as academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Language Planning, Student Attitudes
Zhang, Jing; Pérez-Milans, Miguel – Language Policy, 2019
This article examines the case of minority language education in China, an area of enquiry that has received increasing attention as new studies report on how the lack of institutional recognition that minority languages receive erodes ethnic minority identities and disempowers social actors living in minority areas. Drawing on Williams' (Marxism…
Descriptors: Sino Tibetan Languages, Language Minorities, Ethnic Groups, Self Concept
Zakhir, Marouane; O'Brien, Jason L. – Language Policy, 2017
This paper reports the findings of a study on the attitudes of teachers and students regarding the language policy of the Moroccan educational system. Its primary goal is to explain the gap existing between the policy of Arabisation (i.e., the official adoption and utilization of Standard Arabic) and its practical implementation in science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, Educational Policy, Science Education
Antia, Bassey E.; Dyers, Charlyn – Language Policy, 2016
This paper seeks to address the ways in which ideology and literacy practices shape the responses of students to an ongoing initiative at the University of the Western Cape aimed at diversifying options for epistemological access, specifically the language varieties and the modes in which parts of the curriculum for a third year linguistics module…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Language of Instruction, Indo European Languages, African Languages
Belhiah, Hassan; Elhami, Maha – Language Policy, 2015
This study explores the effectiveness of English as a medium of instruction (EMI) in the Arabian/Persian Gulf, with special focus on the situation in the United Arab Emirates. The study, undertaken at six universities located in major cities of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Al Ain, Sharjah, Ajman, and Ras Al Khaimah, examines students' and teachers'…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education, Semitic Languages
Avni, Sharon – Language Policy, 2012
This article ethnographically analyzes the everyday negotiations of a language policy at a private religious educational institution whose explicit educative mission is the transmission of religious beliefs, values, and practices. Specifically, it explores a Hebrew-only language policy at a Jewish day school located in New York City, and focuses…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Planning, Jews, Day Schools
