What is Language Policy

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It is a guiding document on the adoption and integration of specific languages for teaching and learning in the education system. Learn more in: Decolonising Teacher Education in Pursuit of Multilingual Teaching and Learning in South African Higher Education

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The study of language policy consists of three types of analysis: first, an analysis of language beliefs or ideologies, which is what people think about language; second, the analysis of language practices, which is what people do with language; and third, an analysis on efforts to modify or influence those practices through any kind of language intervention, planning or management. Learn more in: Latinx and Immigrant Heritage Language Maintenance

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A set of principles and measures defined to address language correctness in terms of discursive and ethical appropriateness. The concept has expanded in recent years to include also institutional resolutions defining the conditions under which foreign languages can play a definitive role in specific academic matters, such as teaching (in bilingual or international courses), scientific debates or academic presentations (including international doctoral theses). Complementary foreign language training activities can also be part of specific language policies, either for lecturers or students. In recent years, language policy plans have also begun to be developed for specific faculties or schools, focusing on more concrete and manageable objectives and measures. Learn more in: EMI at Tertiary Level in Spain: Perspectives From Lecturers at a Medium-Sized State University

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Language policy (LP) is concerned with official efforts to affect the relative status and use of one or more languages. LP is the primary mechanism for organizing, managing and manipulating language behaviors as it consists of decisions made about languages and their uses in society. Learn more in: Raising Awareness of Language Minorities in Japan: Teaching About the Ainu, Okinawans, and Nikkei-jin

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The different initiatives taken by the universities with the purpose of enhancing the use of all the languages present in the curricula of studies. Learn more in: CLIL Pedagogy: Insights and Practices – The Case of Tomsk Polytechnic University

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A language policy can be defined as a set of regulations and practices that help bring about the planned language change within a society or system. Learn more in: Internationalisation and Language Policy in European Higher Education: The Case of Austria and the Czech Republic

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Rules and regulations governing the use of language or languages in a country. Learn more in: Parental Involvement in Language Education in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts

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Through language planning, rules are made by a company or a government concerning official language choice, ways of use of a language, spelling reforms, the addition of new words, language issues, etc. in a company or a country. Learn more in: Multilingualism in International Business

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The different initiatives taken by the universities with the purpose of enhancing the use of all the languages present in the curricula of studies. Learn more in: Implementing English-Taught Programmes in Higher Education in Spain: The Case of the University of Córdoba

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Language policy is associated with language regulation and refers to what governments, organizations and institutions do to determine how languages are used. Learn more in: Critical Praxis and Teacher Language Awareness: What Should Teachers Know About Students' L1?

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This refers to the decisions that are made to determine the preferred languages that should be used, taught, etc. Learn more in: Internationalization of Higher Education: Perspectives on EMI Policy in Tunisia

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A systematic plan and set of actionable legal or official guidelines of government established to encourage or discourage language(s) used in communication within a state or country. Learn more in: Digital Technologies: Way Forward for Nigerian Languages Literacy

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A policy area which includes all kinds of regulations and components related to languages. Learn more in: The EU Language Policy as a Tool