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What is Language Policy

Chapter 8
Handbook of Research on Teaching in Multicultural and Multilingual Contexts
It is a guiding document on the adoption and integration of specific languages for teaching and learning in the education system.
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Decolonising Teacher Education in Pursuit of Multilingual Teaching and Learning in South African Higher Education
Oluwatoyin Ajani (Edu-HRight Research Unit, North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5034-5.ch008
Abstract
Various studies assert the dominance of South Africa's HEIs by Eurocentric and Western knowledge. This chapter explores the concept of decolonization in higher education, the role of multilingualism in teaching and learning to disengage from ‘coloniality', multilingualism difficulties in teaching and learning in HEIs, strategies to enhance the integration of multilingualism for maintaining quality teaching and learning. The theory of Vygotsky's social constructivism will be used as an underpinning framework to explore the decolonization of teacher education in pursuit of multicultural language in South Africa's HEIs. Teacher education in higher education faces peculiar challenges in teaching and learning. This necessitates the need for multicultural language in preparing pre-service teachers for diverse realities that exist in South African contexts.
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Latinx and Immigrant Heritage Language Maintenance
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.
Published in Chapter: Latinx and Immigrant Heritage Language Maintenance; From: Bridging Family-Teacher Relationships for ELL and Immigrant Students
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EMI at Tertiary Level in Spain: Perspectives From Lecturers at a Medium-Sized State University
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.
Published in Chapter: EMI at Tertiary Level in Spain: Perspectives From Lecturers at a Medium-Sized State University; From: Teacher Training for English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education
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Raising Awareness of Language Minorities in Japan: Teaching About the Ainu, Okinawans, and Nikkei-jin
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.
Published in Chapter: Raising Awareness of Language Minorities in Japan: Teaching About the Ainu, Okinawans, and Nikkei-jin; From: Indigenous Language Acquisition, Maintenance, and Loss and Current Language Policies
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CLIL Pedagogy: Insights and Practices – The Case of Tomsk Polytechnic University
The different initiatives taken by the universities with the purpose of enhancing the use of all the languages present in the curricula of studies.
Published in Chapter: CLIL Pedagogy: Insights and Practices – The Case of Tomsk Polytechnic University; From: Examining Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Theories and Practices
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Internationalisation and Language Policy in European Higher Education: The Case of Austria and the Czech Republic
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.
Published in Chapter: Internationalisation and Language Policy in European Higher Education: The Case of Austria and the Czech Republic; From: Digital Transformation and Internationalization Strategies in Organizations
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Parental Involvement in Language Education in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts
Rules and regulations governing the use of language or languages in a country.
Published in Chapter: Parental Involvement in Language Education in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts; From: Handbook of Research on Teaching in Multicultural and Multilingual Contexts
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Multilingualism in International Business
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.
Published in Chapter: Multilingualism in International Business; From: Applied Psycholinguistics and Multilingual Cognition in Human Creativity
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Implementing English-Taught Programmes in Higher Education in Spain: The Case of the University of Córdoba
The different initiatives taken by the universities with the purpose of enhancing the use of all the languages present in the curricula of studies.
Published in Chapter: Implementing English-Taught Programmes in Higher Education in Spain: The Case of the University of Córdoba; From: Examining Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Theories and Practices
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Critical Praxis and Teacher Language Awareness: What Should Teachers Know About Students' L1?
Language policy is associated with language regulation and refers to what governments, organizations and institutions do to determine how languages are used.
Published in Chapter: Critical Praxis and Teacher Language Awareness: What Should Teachers Know About Students' L1?; From: TESOL Guide for Critical Praxis in Teaching, Inquiry, and Advocacy
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Internationalization of Higher Education: Perspectives on EMI Policy in Tunisia
This refers to the decisions that are made to determine the preferred languages that should be used, taught, etc.
Published in Chapter: Internationalization of Higher Education: Perspectives on EMI Policy in Tunisia; From: Global Perspectives on the Internationalization of Higher Education
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Improving Tunisian Higher Education Through Revising Language Policies: Analysis of Language Policies Research in Tunisia and a Comparison With the International Scenario
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Digital Technologies: Way Forward for Nigerian Languages Literacy
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.
Published in Chapter: Digital Technologies: Way Forward for Nigerian Languages Literacy; From: Handbook of Research on Examining Cultural Policies Through Digital Communication
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The EU Language Policy as a Tool
A policy area which includes all kinds of regulations and components related to languages.
Published in Chapter: The EU Language Policy as a Tool; From: Redefining the Role of Language in a Globalized World
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