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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Language planning and policy"”.
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The Impact of Language Planning and Policy on High School Long-term English Language Learners in a Selected North Texas Urban District
Language policy reform movements have increased accountability in order for schools to improve student achievement and measure the progress of English language learners. The number of English language learners (ELLs) has grown significantly in the school population, yet the level of academic …
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Han’gŭlization and romanization: two models of script change
Script change is a branch of language planning and language policy. To assist language planners and policy makers with their endeavors, I have performed a Qualitative Research Synthesis to determine if the Han’gŭlization of Korean and the Romanization of Turkish are two distinct models of script …
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Ideologies, policies, and practices: Japanese language education in Australian secondary schools
This study explores Japanese Language Education (JLE) in Australia by untangling an interplay of language policies, practices and ideologies. It focuses on top-down policy initiatives, the bottom-up grassroots practices of secondary school Japanese language teachers (JLTs), and language ideologies …
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Language Planning in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Analysis of the Role of Translators as Agents in Language Change
Language planning and policy (LPP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has been constructed on the basis of a standard language ideology that has often excluded the speakers from the language legitimisation process. The LPP efforts for the Bosnian language have led to conflicting covert and overt …
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Legal Recognition and Media Representation of Sign Languages: South African Sign Language and New Zealand Sign Language as case studies
… the legal recognition of national sign languages globally, and the relationship between sign language legal recognition and the representation of sign languages in newspaper media, using South African Sign Language (SASL) and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) as comparative case studies. …
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A sociolinguistic profile of Mamelodi and Atteridgeville : its role in language policy development at local government level
… into the sociolinguistic realities of Mamelodi and Atteridgeville, two residential areas that resort under the Tshwane Metropolitan Council's jurisdiction (formerly known as the Greater Pretoria Metropolitan Area) - including reference to language use, knowledge, behaviour, status and attitudes. …
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Language ecology and language planning in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.
'Language Ecology and Language Planning in Chiang Rai, Thailand' had three main aims: to study the language ecology and sub-ecologies of Chiang Rai province, to study the factors and forces that affect the language ecology, and to study language plans and language policies in Chiang Rai. This study …
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Nigerian Pidgin English in Cape Town: exploring speakers’ attitudes and use in diaspora
… widely spoken in different parts of the country and “has been called the native language of a substantial population of people in the Niger Delta, particularly in the Sapele and Warri areas” (Igboanusi, 2008: 68). According to Balogun (2012: 90), “Nigerian Pidgin English has emerged as the most …