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Direct linkHamza R'boul – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2025
This paper discusses how the political interplay between English-in-society and English-in-education policy in the Global South(s) facilitates what I term 'English as a subtle technology of policy distraction' in postcolonial spheres that were colonised by languages other than English. 'English as a subtle technology of policy distraction' is…
Descriptors: Postcolonialism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Role
Mackenzie, Lee – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
This article critically analyses the extent to which research in the field of English and development in the global South supports the claim that English can contribute to development. Particular reference is made to the Colombian context, which, along with several other countries in Latin America, has prioritised English language teaching in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Planning
Mandic, Marija; Rácz, Krisztina – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
This article explores Yugoslav education policy in Vojvodina (Serbia), one of the most multilingual regions of the country, which was implemented in the period between the 1960s and 1980s through the school subject the 'Language of social environment' (LSE). Based on archival and field research, this case study is devoted to the school subject…
Descriptors: Hungarian, Serbocroatian, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Finardi, Kyria Rebeca; Guimarães, Felipe Furtado – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2021
This study discusses agency in language policy and planning (LPP) development from the perspective of Brazilian national language policies reflected in the local LPP programme/initiative of a public university in the Southeast region of the country. With that goal, national and local (institutional) documents are analysed and contrasted with the…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Public Policy, Foreign Countries, International Education
Tollefson, James W. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2015
In some settings, medium of instruction (MOI) policies in multilingual education break out into public debates in mass media involving politicians, business leaders, government officials, parents, and school children. These public discussions of MOI often index struggles over the distribution of political power and economic resources, and issues…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Policy Formation, Educational Policy, Language of Instruction
Peer reviewedKamwendo, Gregory; Hlongwa, Nobuhle; Mkhize, Nhlanhla – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
After the demise of apartheid in South Africa in 1994, 11 languages (English, Afrikaans and 9 indigenous African languages) were given official status. In the higher education landscape, English remains the dominant language of scholarship. At the University of KwaZulu-Natal, English is the main medium of instruction but the institution's language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Native Language, Second Language Learning
