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What is Linguistic Human Rights

Chapter 13
Interrogating Race and Racism in Postsecondary Language Classrooms
These rights involve people’s freedom of using their own language in a range of contexts.
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Translanguaging or English Monolanguaging?: Exploring Postsecondary Students' Perceptions of Linguistic Human Rights in Pakistan's Sindh Province
Ameer Ali (Government Arts and Commerce College, Larkano, Pakistan), Maya Khemlani David (University of Malaya, Malaysia), and Shahnawaz Tunio (Government Arts and Commerce College, Larkano, Pakistan)
Copyright: © 2024 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-9029-7.ch013
Abstract
This study explores postsecondary students' perceptions of translanguaging and its nexus with linguistic human rights in Pakistan's Sindh province. English monolanguaging policy in higher educational institutions in Sindh has been seen as a ladder for upward social mobility. This monolingualism has posed challenges to linguistic diversity and linguistic human rights in the province (Sindh) that is multilingual. Interviews conducted via WhatsApp with postsecondary students in Sindh showed the popularity of translanguaging in contrast to English monolanguaging. Responses provided by participants were coded and qualitatively analyzed. Findings demonstrated how translanguaging could help provide and protect linguistic human rights.
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Linguistically-Responsive Educational Framework for Multilingual Contexts: Supporting Children's Academic Achievement
Linguistic rights are the human and civil rights concerning the individual and collective right to choose the language or languages for communication in a private or public conversation.
Published in Chapter: Linguistically-Responsive Educational Framework for Multilingual Contexts: Supporting Children's Academic Achievement; From: Rethinking Inclusion and Transformation in Special Education
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