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Gorter, Durk; Cenoz, Jasone – Multilingual Matters, 2023
Language is on display all around us, all the time, and the study of this linguistic landscape is one of the fastest-growing areas of research in applied linguistics. This book provides an overview of how the field of Linguistic Landscape Studies has emerged and developed over the past 20 years, combined with an in-depth exploration of the…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Research Methodology
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Cenoz, Jasone; Gorter, Durk – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
Traditionally, languages have been separated from each other in the school curriculum and there has been little consideration for resources that learners possess as emergent multilinguals. This policy is aimed at the protection of minority languages and has sought to avoid cross-linguistic influence and codeswitching. However, these ideas have…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Code Switching (Language), Languages, Multilingualism
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Cenoz, Jasone; Gorter, Durk – Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 2019
This article focuses on minority languages in education in Europe in contexts where they are in contact with national state languages and English. Teaching minority language implies bilingual education because it is not about replacing the majority language, but to come 'alongside' or at 'equal footing'. The cases of Basque and Frisian, comparing…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cenoz, Jasone – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2012
This paper examines issues related to the important impact of language policy in the Basque Country in recent decades. Basque, a minority language that was not allowed in the public space until the late 1970s, is an official language along with Spanish in the Basque Autonomous Community. The development of Basque has been most significant in…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Higher Education, Language Planning, Official Languages
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Gorter, Durk; Cenoz, Jasone – International Review of Education, 2011
Over the last three decades, regional minority languages in Europe have regained increased recognition and support. Their revitalisation is partly due to their being taught in schools. Multilingualism has special characteristics for speakers of minority languages and it poses unique challenges for learning minority languages. This article looks at…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Language Dominance, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries
Cenoz, Jasone – 2000
This paper analyzes the demographic, sociolinguistic, and educational status of Basque in the whole of the Basque country: the Basque Autonomous Community (BAC), Navarre in Spain, and the Northern Basque Country in France. It also discusses English as a third language within the bilingual educational system in the BAC. In terms of demography, 22%…
Descriptors: Basque, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Demography