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Peer reviewedSchubert, Klaus – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1997
The study of planned languages and the conscious creation of languages are frequently characterized by strident arguments for or against real or putative objectives of the movements linked to these languages. The brochures reviewed in this article are taken from various documentation series that provide relevant facts and analyses. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Esperanto, Foreign Countries, Ideology, Language Planning
Peer reviewedCorsetti, Renato; La Torre, Mauro – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1995
Looks at Europe-wide experiments on the role of Esperanto in facilitating language learning. (31 references) (Author)
Descriptors: Esperanto, Foreign Countries, Language Research, Language Role
Peer reviewedAggarwal, Kailash S. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1997
Argues that two influential studies of multilingualism in India are misleading in that they claim India's situation is unique and cherish this uniqueness as a value. It is proposed instead that this sociolinguistic diversity is inherently conflict-producing and leads to loss of "weak" languages, similar to documented situations in other…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Language Planning
Peer reviewedMar-Molinero, Clare; Stevenson, Patrick – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1991
A response to an argument that Canadian language policy prevents the self-defense of minority languages through exclusive territorial control (LaPonce, 1984) addresses the relative neglect of research concerning language and territoriality in the European context and contrasts the contemporary multilingual situations in Spain and Switzerland to…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Language Planning
Peer reviewedBlommaert, Jan – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1996
Evaluates the past performance of the tradition of language planning, in view of a theoretical, conceptual, and methodological improvement of future language planning studies. Sketches the historical development of these studies, discusses ideological features present in much traditional language planning work, and raises various issues related to…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Developing Nations, Diachronic Linguistics, Ethnography
Peer reviewedBoothe, Ken; Walker, Roland – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1997
Chronicles Ethiopia's history of language policy, and describes the first three years of the country's initiative to provide native language instruction to all its people, focusing on the materials development process and program effectiveness. Teachers are working to develop content-area instructional materials in eight of over fifty languages.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Language Planning, Language Research
Peer reviewedCastejon, Adriana Boogerman – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1997
Two policy documents supporting education for ethnolinguistic or socioeconomic minorities in Catalonia are examined, identifying underlying assumptions and the views of cultural diversity implicit in them. It is concluded that the policy is formulated vaguely, incorporates contradictory statements, and neglects learners' first languages. Further…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Language Planning
