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Jiazhou Yao; Peng Nie; Liuyan Zhou – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
This study adopts an apparent-time diachronic linguistic landscape (LL) approach to investigate the vitality of an ethnic minority language in China, namely the Nuosu Yi ([foreign characters omitted]). Diachronic LL research is concerned with changes in language use on signage over time. It provides insights into phenomena such as language shift,…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Diachronic Linguistics, Ethnic Groups, Language Minorities
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Pennycook, Alastair – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2022
Critical applied linguistics remains deeply relevant today, arguably more than ever, but it needs constant renewal. This paper returns to these concerns to assess where this project has got to and where it may be headed. I review first both long-term and short-term political trends, from the rise of neoliberalism to the COVID pandemic. Next, I…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Political Influences, Neoliberalism, COVID-19
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Björklund, Mikaela; Björklund, Siv; Sjöholm, Kaj – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2013
This article presents some aspects of multilingualism and multilingual education in the Nordic countries, drawing upon experiences from the project "Network for Researchers of Multilingualism and Multilingual Education, RoMME" (2011-2013), where Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are represented. The aim is to briefly present and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Trend Analysis, Educational Trends
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Busch, Brigitta – International Review of Education, 2011
This overview focuses on Europe, a linguistically diverse region and moreover home to a number of minority languages. Over the past five decades, the focus of research on bi- or multilingual education has shifted from an initial emphasis on speakers' identities and their membership of homogenous imagined communities to an interest in learners'…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Trend Analysis
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Garcia, Ofelia – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2011
This paper describes the ways in which New York City schools have responded to the multilingualism of its children in the last 40 years, and suggests changes needed in order to accommodate the greater linguistic heterogeneity of the city. In the predominantly Puerto Rican community of the 1960s and 1970s, traditional bilingual education programs…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Multilingualism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs
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van der Walt, Christa – Language Learning Journal, 2010
In his latest survey of the prospects for English language teaching in the next 50 years, David Graddol claims that over half the world's international students are taught in English and that universities are increasingly offering courses in English. This seems to be a necessary condition for achieving excellence and prestige. At the same time,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Planning, Bilingual Education, Multilingualism