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Kai Zhu; Shanhua He – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2025
This study investigates the language ideologies manifested in the linguistic hierarchies produced by relevant EU governmental/political institutions through their language requirements for visa application documents. Based on the theoretical framework of Language Management Theory (LMT), this study employs a mixed-methods approach, combining…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Public Policy, Native Language
Schneider, Cindy – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2015
In the early 1990s, the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) enacted educational reform. It officially abandoned its English-only policy at elementary school level, in favour of community languages. In response, the Kairak community of East New Britain Province developed a vernacular literacy programme. This paper, based on original fieldwork…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Native Language
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Pauwels, Anne – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2011
In this paper I outline the challenges for feminist language planning in the context of a global lingua franca--English. Drawing upon the views of speakers of "World Englishes" I discuss their reactions as well as reported practices in relation to gender-inclusive language use. This reveals the complexities of managing the tension between the…
Descriptors: Feminism, Language Planning, Cultural Differences, English (Second Language)
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Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle; Ozolins, Uldis; Ramoniene, Meilute; Rannut, Mart – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
This monograph provides an overview of the language situation in the three Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It examines the recent change in language regimes that the Baltic States have deliberately brought about since the restitution of their independence, the nature of these changes, the opposition they have engendered and the…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Official Languages, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries
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Terborg, Roland; Landa, Laura Garcia; Moore, Pauline – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2006
This monograph will cover the language situation in Mexico; a linguistically very complex country with 62 recognised indigenous languages, the "de facto" official language, Spanish, and some immigrant languages of lesser importance. Throughout the monograph, we will concentrate on three distinct challenges which we consider relevant for…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Language Planning, Nationalism, Official Languages
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Sallabank, Julia – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2005
This paper discusses language planning measures in Guernsey, Channel Islands. The indigenous language is spoken fluently by only 2% of the population, and is at level 7 on Fishman's 8-point scale of endangerment. It has no official status and low social prestige, and language planning has little official support or funding. Political autonomy has…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Reputation, Measures (Individuals), Language Maintenance