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Direct linkSkyrme, Gillian; Ker, Alastair – Language Teaching, 2020
This article presents selected research on applied linguistics published in New Zealand, following "Language Teaching's" commitment to showcase more broadly local research that would not otherwise be easily accessible to an international audience. It covers research conducted and published in New Zealand from 2013 to 2017, following on…
Descriptors: Language Research, Applied Linguistics, Sign Language, Curriculum Development
McKee, Rachel Locker; Manning, Victoria – Sign Language Studies, 2015
Status planning through legislation made New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) an official language in 2006. But this strong symbolic action did not create resources or mechanisms to further the aims of the act. In this article we discuss the extent to which legal recognition and ensuing language-planning activities by state and community have affected…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Sign Language, Deafness, Foreign Countries
Mckee, Rachel – Sign Language Studies, 2017
New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) became an official language (NZSL Act 2006) when its vitality was already under pressure. Even though its institutional status has improved recently, the traditional community domains of NZSL use and transmission are apparently shrinking inasmuch as most of the deaf children who have cochlear implants are acquiring…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Official Languages, Deafness, Assistive Technology
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
Peer reviewedHolmes, Janet – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Evaluates methods used by New Zealand researchers on language maintenance and shift among ethnic minorities to collect data on community languages. Points out that there are many communities in that country whose patterns of language use are mostly unknown. Makes a case for the social, cultural, and educational benefits of research on community…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Chinese, Data Collection, Ethnic Groups
Huebner, Thom, Ed.; Davis, Kathryn A., Ed. – 1999
This monograph includes a collection of papers that are an outgrowth of a colloquium on socio-political dimensions of language policy and language planning held at the 1997 American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference. Section 1, "Language Policy/Planning Frameworks," includes: (1) "Sociopolitical Perspectives on Language…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Deaf Interpreting, Diversity (Student), Educational Legislation
