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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Language rights"”.
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The international protection of language rights
Speakers of more than six thousand languages are not entitled to education, nor to the administration of justice or public services through the medium of their mother tongue(s). This statement is true of most indigenous language minorities and universally of migrant, immigrant or refugee …
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The language rights of Indigenous Peoples within the Russian Federation
… Peoples. The current decrease in Indigenous language speakers in Russia in the last decade threatens Indigenous Peoples' language and cultural identity. This work seeks to assess whether legislation relating to Indigenous Peoples’ language rights in Russia lacks the mechanisms necessary for …
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Sesotho immigrant minority group and language rights in South Africa: a case study
… on the Sesotho immigrant minority group and language rights in South Africa. The research is based on a case study. It explores the country’s language usage in selected courtroom cases. The focus is on immigrant minority groups and their language rights in relation to the role of South …
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Language rights, ethnic politics : a critique of the Pan South African Language Board
Bibliography: leaves 228-245.
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Language legislation in Ireland and the United Kingdom: Exploring the gaps between theory and practice
… the normative justifications advanced for language rights and language legislative protection and the effective realisation of those rights and legislative provisions in practice. This objective is achieved by examining the scope and application of language rights and legislative provisions …
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'The whole nation on one station'? National FM as a case study of radio for indigenous small linguistic communities in Zimbabwe
… the only PSB radio that broadcasts in all local languages. It examines the feasibility of having one radio station broadcasting in all the indigenous languages of Zimbabwe. Language rights are pivotal in human development and many countries have developed many ways that can be used to promote …
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Where language is made: language planning at the intersections of national and international literacy and language work
… fully in U.S. culture and economy. Accordingly, language planning projects (e.g. anti-bilingual education legislation and the English-Only Movement) aim to eradicate language differences and, with them, the need to develop resources and nurture attitudes that support linguistic plurality. The …
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Giving children the tools to participate: a case for the intercultural bilingual classroom in Peru
… bilingual educational setting are taught in a language and cultural context that provides them with the necessary skills to be active participants in their communities while still providing them with the knowledge and language skills needed to participate as active participants on a national …
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Development and empowerment of previously-marginalised languages: a case of African languages in South Africa
… is a multilingual country with 11 official languages and 9 of these languages are Indigenous African languages. The South African government has developed policies and created an environment for these languages to be developed. National and provincial language policies have been adopted and …
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Escuela sin Fronteras, School without Borders
… a geopolitical line that determines culture, language, rights, and wealth. These boundaries with such a vast socioeconomic impact, have no predetermined physical manifestation. This begs the question, what could a border be? Or maybe more importantly, what should it be? This project explores …
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The reproduction of inequality in the Irish-medium education sector in Northern Ireland
… of political and communal disdain towards the language in a post-conflict society. <br/><br/>A plethora of educational and linguistic research exists illustrating the distinct advantages of immersion education, through which a child is not only able to acquire proficiency in other languages, …
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Linguistic rights in Africa: A critical analysis of the survivability of indigenous languages of Namibia
The call for the protection and promotion of languages, especially minority languages has gained prominence in recent years largely due to awareness campaigns by academics and human rights organisations. The United Nations through its agency the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural …
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Motivation and attitudes towards English as a second language (ESL) among learners in rural KwaZulu-Natal High Schools
… - one of the three variables on which good language learning depends, in Pride’s (1979) words, lack of it (motivation) is considered a worrying enough a situation, which warranted scrutiny and careful study. Many factors could account for such a decline or loss of interest in learning …
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The Relationship between the Irish Sign Language Campaign and the Irish Deaf Community
… explore the relationship between the Irish Sign Language Recognition campaign and the Irish Deaf community. The dissertation reviews the literature theories of Deafhood, social activism and language rights; applying the theories into the analysis of the findings. The purpose of the exploration of …
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For The Good of Franco-Ontarians: Le Droit's Editorials, 1913-1933
… 1913 to defeat the measure and protect minority language rights. The Oblats de Marie Immacule, an Ottawa-based Catholic missionary order, provided operational support as it was also expected to act as a bonne presse encouraging social Catholicism. A content analysis of editorials from 1913 to …
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Between Nation and State: Albanian Associations from Ottoman Origins to a Communist Party, 1880 - 1945
… the role of these associations which, pursuing language rights and political representation through imperial state reforms, set a pattern that struggled to connect nation and state, rather than asserting the territorial demands for a nation-state familiar across the region. Starting out in the …
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Translation Policies of Minoritised Languages through Organised Activism: a Comparative Study of Catalan and Welsh
… policies aimed at promoting minoritised languages. Activists have been crucial in securing language rights in Catalonia and Wales over the last six decades, and their campaigns and initiatives have resulted in supportive legislation. While recent scholarship has recognised translation as …
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The German Canadians in Saskatchewan with Particular Reference to the Language Problem, 1900-1930
… make undue sacrifice. This conviction that the language and culture of the various ethnic groups is worthy of preservation is not new; it was held when thousands of immigrants were welcomed to Saskatchewan at the turn of the twentieth century. Special concessions were made to enable the …
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Implementation of South African Government Language Policy in Public Institutions: A Case Study of Siloam Hospital
… implementation of the South African Government Language Policy within public institutions, using Siloam Hospital, a district hospital located in the rural Vhembe District of Limpopo Province, as a case study. Rooted in the constitutional recognition of twelve official languages, including the …
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