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John Bosco Conama – Language Policy, 2025
This article will explore the impact of various language education policies and their measures on Irish Sign Language (ISL) in Irish deaf education. The focus will be on how previous and current policy decisions regarding language education have affected the use and recognition of ISL as a legitimate language in the education system. The article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sign Language, Deafness, Educational Policy
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Rose, Heath; Conama, John Bosco – Language Policy, 2018
Linguistic imperialism--a term used to conceptualize the dominance of one language over others--has been debated in language policy for more than two decades. Spolsky (Language policy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004), for example, has questioned whether the spread of English was a result of language planning, or was incidental to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sign Language, Language Usage, Public Policy