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Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini; Farnoosh Rashed; Mohsen Shirazizadeh – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2024
In the vigorous trend of international publication as a crucial research performance indicator, English claims the status of the uncontested global language of academic publishing. In this study, after providing a sketch of the policies of writing and publishing in English in Iran (reflected in national policy documents and university bylaws), we…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Foreign Countries, Writing for Publication, English (Second Language)
An, Ning; Zheng, Yongyan – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
Despite the predominant position of global English, teaching and learning of languages other than English (LOTEs) are gaining increasing attention in foreign language planning in China. This study aims to showcase the development of an elective Arabic language program in a Chinese university through the lens of agency as a spatial, temporal, and…
Descriptors: Arabic, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hassa, Samira – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2012
This study examines language planning as displayed in street names, advertising posters, billboards, and supermarket product displays in three Moroccan cities: Casablanca, Fes, and Rabat. The study reveals somewhat confusing language planning stemming from on-going political, economic, and social transformation in Morocco. More than 50 years after…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Semitic Languages, Foreign Countries, Language Planning
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Ager, Dennis – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2005
The aim of this paper is to clarify some notions about image and prestige planning. Starting from the Welsh example of language policy aiming to revitalise a language in danger of further decreasing in number of speakers and in centrality to Welsh life, definitions of four related terms are explored: image, status, prestige and identity. Paired…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Reputation, Language Role, Public Policy
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Baldauf, Richard B., Jr. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2004
After providing a brief general framework for language policy and planning, this article examines the case of language policy and planning in Australia with a particular focus on how one of the elements in that framework, prestige planning, might contribute to successful planning implementation, thereby adding to our more general understanding of…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Reputation, Foreign Countries, Social Status
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Chriost, Diarmait Mac Giolla – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2006
This paper comprises a brief examination of the approach taken by the Welsh Language Board, as the principal language policy and planning body in Wales, with regard to aspects of prestige planning and the Welsh language. It describes how devolution and the recent, and first ever, national review by the Welsh Assembly Government of Welsh language…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Reputation, Foreign Countries, Welsh
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Hult, Francis – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2005
The position of English "vis-a-vis" Swedish in Sweden is gaining attention because of a growing concern that the encroachment of English in certain domains may result in Swedish losing ground. A current language policy proposal, entitled "Mal i mun," commissioned by the Swedish Government, addresses this concern, in part, by…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Planning, Reputation, Foreign Countries
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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