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Bazai, Zia ur Rehman; Manan, Syed Abdul; Pillai, Stefanie – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
The teaching of native languages is seen as being key to the development of cognitive skills, better academic performance in early grades and a resource for linguistic (re)vitalization and cultural revival. This study examines the institutional challenges in teaching and learning native languages in Pakistan. The study uses teachers' agency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Native Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Garrett Delavan, M.; Freire, Juan A.; Morita-Mullaney, Trish – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
This multimodal critical discourse analysis is part of a larger equity audit of how the websites of 11 of the largest U.S. school districts discussed access to dual language bilingual education (DLBE). Prior research has frequently documented how administrators utilize DLBE programs to compete with one another for the supposedly necessary resource…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Bilingual Education, Discourse Analysis, School Choice
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Salaün, Marie – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2013
The use of the notion of "decolonization", applied to indigenous people's schooling, is somehow misleading. It refers to a certain period, namely the colonial period, which officially ended in New Caledonia in 1946, then a French colony and now a French overseas territory. It also refers to contemporary efforts to address the colonial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Multilingualism, Language Planning
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Seve-Williams, Nuhisifa – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2013
Pacific students in New Zealand (NZ) quickly learn that they are not very smart. The statistics tell them this. They also come to believe that they do not try very hard. The talk of equal opportunities tells them this, especially when it is coupled with negative statistics. This is not surprising. Education in NZ has been embedded in notions of…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Opportunities, Language of Instruction, Pacific Islanders
Nkosi, Zinhle Primrose – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
IsiZulu is one of the 11 official languages of South Africa and has the highest number of speakers in the country. While the South African Language Policy for Higher Education (2002) emphasizes the need to use African languages at universities, not many universities' isiZulu-speaking students prefer to be taught in isiZulu. Research has revealed…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language of Instruction, Student Attitudes, African Languages
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Trudell, Barbara; Piper, Benjamin – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
Language policy is generally seen as a national-level decision regarding which languages the state will support, and in which public domains. However, the reality is that language policy plays out at regional and local levels as well. In fact, it could be argued that the most important instantiations of language policy are those which directly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Educational Policy, Literacy Education
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Gould, Judith – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
The role and significance of speech-language pathology (SLP) is not often considered in studies of language planning. SLP has tended to be considered more as an issue for health policy than for language policy. However, the health focus of SLP does interact with language planning especially in education where SLP assessments have implications for…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Community Schools, Indigenous Populations, Speech Language Pathology