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Peer reviewedJamieson, John C. – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1975
Discusses the forces responsible for the high level of articulacy in the People's Republic of China, and describes a set of texts for teaching Chinese as a second language compiled by the Peking Language Institute. (CLK)
Descriptors: Chinese, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Language Planning
Peer reviewedKing, Kendall A. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1999
Drawing from the study of efforts to revitalize Quichua in the Southern Ecuadorian Highlands, this article describes what may be some of the common language corpus and language status transformations that threatened languages undergo during the process of language revitalization. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Language Planning, Language Skill Attrition
Download full textGladstein, Jill, Ed.; Silver, Rita Elaine, Ed. – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1993
This issue of a journal designed to present works in progress by students and professors of linguistics contains the following papers: "In Praise of My Language" (Joshua A. Fishman); "How Does Social Status Affect the Sequencing Rules of Other-Introductions?" (Fred J. Chen); "The Role of Ethno-Lingual Relativity in Second…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Planning, Language Research, Language Standardization
Rabin, Chaim – 1976
One of the main problems Israeli language planning has focused on is the linguistic integration of newcomers and of not-so-recent immigrants whose linguistic adaptation has been slow. The bodies active in this are the Section of Adult Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Ministry of Absorption, and the Jewish Agency for Israel.…
Descriptors: Arabic, Diacritical Marking, Hebrew, Language Instruction
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, Toronto. Literacy and Basic Skills Section. – 2000
The Aboriginal Language Standardisation (ALS) Project's task is to develop quality literacy materials in order to help preserve aboriginal languages of Canada. The Canadian Assembly of First Nations, a group of tribal leaders, recently called for the establishment of standards for written and oral languages by approving terminology, developing…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Canada Natives, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Ostler, Nicholas, Ed. – 1999
The theme of the third annual Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) Conference was Endangered Languages and Education, focusing on how education can be used to promote, resist, and reverse the decline of a language. The conference papers are broken into several sections covering the topic from a variety of aspects and perspectives.…
Descriptors: African Languages, Afro Asiatic Languages, Baltic Languages, Bilingual Education
