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Mackenzie, Lee – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2020
The National Bilingual Programme was launched in order to promote English learning in Colombia. The failure of this programme and subsequent iterations is well-documented, and research has also examined some of its negative effects for different societal groups. However, a comprehensive study of the social justice implications of Colombia's…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Bilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language)
Alkhateeb, Hadeel; Al Hamad, Muntasir; Mustafawi, Eiman – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2020
Qatar University is currently at a crossroads, having to respond to competing institutional, national, and international language policy issues. This paper aims to reveal how Qatar University's internal and external stakeholders perceive the future directions of the university's language in education policy. In particular, through Q-methodology,…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Q Methodology, Semitic Languages, English (Second Language)
Wildsmith-Cromarty, R.; Turner, N. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2018
The University of KwaZulu-Natal has a bilingual language policy (2006) where students may receive instruction in isiZulu as well as in English. An online survey was carried out for all academic and support staff to gauge their linguistic capacity in isiZulu. Staff profiles were created in relation to their respective Colleges, Schools and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Language of Instruction, School Policy, African Languages
Valadez, Concepción; Etxeberria, Feli; Intxausti, Nahia – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2015
In the Basque Country, Northern Spain, Basque (Euskera) and Spanish are official languages. In recent decades, Basque language revitalization and the efforts to make this an unmarked language (normalization) have co-existed with the rapid increase in immigration from outside the Basque region, and most recently from outside Spain. Given the…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Languages, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Poon, Anita Y. K. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2013
Medium of instruction (MOI) is a highly controversial and thorny educational issue in Hong Kong. Despite the Hong Kong government's strenuous efforts to promote Chinese-medium instruction since 1984, social and community pressure for English-medium instruction (EMI) has been immense and continues to increase. However, the dominance of English as…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Rote Learning
Hashimoto, Kayoko – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2013
While the medium-of-instruction (MOI) has been seen as one of the most crucial decision-making areas in language policies, it is curious that the equivalent Japanese expression to MOI is absent from educational policy documents. In a nation where the Japanese language is called the national language and enjoys the status of an official language,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Trinick, Tony; May, Stephen – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2013
Over the last 25 years, there has been significant modernisation and elaboration of the Maori language mathematics lexicon and register to support the teaching of (Western) mathematics as a component of Maori-medium schooling. These developments are situated within the wider Maori language revitalisation movement in Aotearoa/New Zealand, of which…
Descriptors: Malayo Polynesian Languages, Pacific Islanders, Ethnic Groups, Mathematics Instruction
Sims, Christine – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
Among American Indian Pueblo tribes, community-based language revitalisation initiatives have been established in response to a growing language shift towards English. This has been most prominent among school age children, prompting some tribes to extend tribal language programmes into local public schools. For centuries, the transmission of…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Oral Language