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Raos, Višeslav – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
This paper explores linguistic landscapes and the enactment of public visibility and presence of non-majority linguistic groups in EU member states. Non-majority linguistic groups gain power, visibility and presence through the introduction of bilingual or multilingual signposts on roads, streets, squares, and public buildings in towns and cities…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Signs, Language Usage, Language Planning
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Trahorsch, Petr; Bláha, Jan D.; Kucerová, Silvie R. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2020
Economic maps in school atlases are specific types of maps that represent extra-complex maps with multi-layer and fast-developing content over time. The objective of this article is to discuss a multi-stage curriculum in connection with the results of an assessment of the usability of economic maps by lower and upper secondary school students. The…
Descriptors: Usability, Geography Instruction, Atlases, Secondary School Students
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Sloboda, Marian; Szabo-Gilinger, Eszter; Vigers, Dick; Simicic, Lucija – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2010
This paper focuses on agency in language policy change. The object of the analysis is the processes of bilingualization of signage in three European towns. Located in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Wales, the towns differ in various respects, including the extent to which signage language policies have faced opposition and threatened social…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Advocacy, Signs, Foreign Countries