School language policy was unfair.(News)

The Mercury (South Africa);  October 1, 2008 ;     384 words ......Durban High School's former language policy had discriminated against pupils...complained about the school's language policy, it was reviewed and Afrikaans...principal David Magner said the language policy at the time had been in place...

Language Policy

Bilingual Research Journal;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Language Policy, by Bernard Spolsky. Cambridge: Cambridge...for anyone interested in the field of language policy. Besides providing a concrete depiction of what the field of language-policy studies includes, Spolsky concisely...

Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia.(Book Review)

The Australian Journal of Politics and History;  March 1, 2004 ;     408 words ...Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia. Michael...almost laissez faire) approach to language policy is underlined in their passing...for opting to have no official language policy at all, thus removing language...

from languish to language policy.(News)

Cape Times (South Africa);  April 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ......arguably the most progressive language policy on paper. This fact is acknowledged...would have to conclude that this language policy is a total failure and that...in practice a neo-apartheid language policy. For, in spite of the fact that...

"Nadie me dijo (nobody told me)": language policy negotiation and...

Journal of Teacher Education;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION: TEACHERS AND LANGUAGE POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES I am a...influence how teachers respond to language policy in their respective settings...of inclusion of issues around language policy. As the two above quotes from...

Language and Ethnicity: Multiple Literacies in Context, Language Education...

Bilingual Research Journal;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......United States on the evolution of language policy and planning issues involved...with general comments regarding language policy and planning for bilingual programs...researchers involved in the study of language policy and planning within the field...

Malaysia: Chapter 2D. Language

Countries of the World;      700+ words ......the world, language use and language policy in Malaysia have been issues...acquiring literacy in Malay. Language Policy During the colonial era English...value. The formation of national language policy turned into one of the central...

Let the Employer Decide the Language of the Workplace, Urges U.S.ENGLISH

U.S. Newswire;  June 7, 1994 ;     346 words ......largest English language advocacy group...interference in setting language policy in the workplace...evaded setting any language policy for its own operations...private business the language in which their...as their common language. The owner set...employees speak the ...

Musa: Proposal not in line with national language policy

New Straits Times;  November 14, 2000 ;     310 words ......not in line with national language policy Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2...medium of instruction and a language that united the people. "Therefore, Bahasa Malaysia is the language that will continue to be implemented...Bahasa Melayu and the English language at a leading hotel here today...

Brown, Michael E., and Ganguly, Sumit, eds.: Fighting Words: Language...

Asian Affairs: An American Review;  March 22, 2005 ;     428 words ......Sumit, eds. Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia...October 2003 Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia...providet a more detailed look at language policy, as it is closely related to...

Do we need a national language policy?(Special Section: Teacher...

The Clearing House;  May 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......want to entertain a National Language Policy, a supplement to the National...1988 by CCCC, entitled National Language Policy, might well serve as a catalyst...paper suggested that a national language policy should commit every student...

Pupils to learn a second language.(News)

The Mercury (South Africa);  October 6, 2006 ;     297 words ......have to learn a second language, according to Education...around 100 academics at the Language Policy Implementation in Higher...deliberation on the role all languages should have in education...Pandor said that after a language colloquium held in July...that the current school ...

At war with diversity: U.S. language policy in an age of anxiety

Bilingual Research Journal;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......At war with diversity: US. language policy in an age of anxiety. Clevedon...used in these restrictionist language policy campaigns have been in the literature...little from the theoretical language policy or language planning literature...

Our language must be used to unite the nation, not to divide it.(Features)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  October 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Welsh language policy has come under attack in...fortunes of a minority language and increase the number...whether support for the language is as widespread as many...continued revival of the language we must ensure that, where...

WALES: Time for a fully bilingual Wales, say Conservatives; 'Shake up...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  December 19, 2006 ;     372 words ......called for a shake-up ofWelsh language policy in a bid to create a fully...Wales. Wales suffers from its language not being in enshrined in...practically being its official language, the Welsh Conservatives claimed...Welsh's status as an official language, and giving the country its...