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A Critical Reflection on Knowledge Hierarchies, Language and Development
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Langthaler, Margarita; Witjes, Nina; Slezak, Gabriele – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the discussion about the developmental value of knowledge by reflecting on the "knowledge for development" (K4D) paradigm. In particular, it draws attention to the interaction between linguistic and communicative processes and the areas of power, knowledge and education. This is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Languages and Education in Africa a Comparative and Transdisciplinary Analysis
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Brock-Utne, Birgit, Ed.; Skattum, Ingse, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2009
The theme of this book cuts across disciplines. Contributors to this volume are specialized in education and especially classroom research as well as in linguistics, most being transdisciplinary themselves. Around 65 sub-Saharan languages figure in this volume as research objects: as means of instruction, in connection with teacher training,…
Descriptors: African Languages, Language Planning, Multicultural Education, Beginning Reading
Language Problems of Developing Nations.
Fishman, Joshua A., Ed.; And Others – 1968
Most of the papers in this collection were presented at a conference on language problems of the developing nations at Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia in November 1966. This conference was one of the several organized and sponsored by the Committee on Sociolinguistics of the Social Science Research Council in its effort to promote…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Developing Nations
Linguistics Here and Now.
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Sebeok, Thomas A. – ACLS Newsletter, 1967
At a meeting in November 1966, sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies, members of public and private organizations were briefed on the state of linguistics and what it has to offer other disciplines: (1) its basic unity despite organizational diversity; (2) its breadth, as the science of verbal structure, and how it relates to all…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, History, Interdisciplinary Approach
Foreign Language Needs: Theory and Empirical Evidence in Czechoslovakia.
Prucha, Jan – 1985
Foreign language (FL) needs is a new interdisciplinary area of research developing between applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and educational planning and evaluation. FL needs consist of the demands, wishes, and expectations of the whole society, its groups and individuals, reflecting the relationship of their contemporary and future existence…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communication Skills, Data Interpretation, Foreign Countries
THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE, A SURVEY OF LINGUISTICS AND RELATED DISCIPLINES IN AMERICA.
CARROLL, JOHN B. – 1953
EMPHASIZING THE FIELD OF LINGUISTICS, THIS BOOK DESCRIBES THE HISTORY, SCOPE, PROBLEMS, AND CURRENT STATE OF THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE BOOK, DEVOTED TO LINGUISTIC SCIENCE, IS COMPRISED OF (1) EXPLANATIONS OF HOW LINGUISTIC SCIENCE COMPARES, FROM THE HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE POINTS OF…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Communication (Thought Transfer), Education, Information Theory