NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bodis, Agnes – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2021
International students studying at Australian universities are largely represented in the media as problematic speakers of English, in part due to the dominance of the monolingual mindset as an approach to language. This paper focuses instead on international students' multilingualism and examines the multimodal media representation of them as…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
McDermott, Philip – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2019
In 1999, devolved governance was established in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland which altered the contours of language recognition in the United Kingdom. Whilst much focus has been placed on how devolution improved the status of Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, and Irish, less attention has been placed on those minority vernaculars with 'contested'…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Governance, Language Minorities, Welsh
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lazdina, Sanita – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2013
This paper deals with current questions in revitalizing the regional language Latgalian, one of the varieties native to Latgale, a region located in the eastern part of Latvia. It first provides an overview of domains where Latgalian is used and highlights recent changes in these. Based on linguistic landscape data as well as interviews with…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Language Planning
Odera, Florence Y. – Online Submission, 2011
Radio is one of the most affordable educational technologies available for the use in education and development in developing countries. This article explores the use of school radio broadcast to assist teachers and pupils to learn and improve English language both written and spoken in Kenyan primary schools. English language occupies a central…
Descriptors: African Languages, Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Language of Instruction