scholarly journals Current issues in LPP research and their impact on society

AILA Review ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 11-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeroen Darquennes
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Language Practices ◽  
University Departments ◽  
Preliminary Discussion ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
History Of ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
The Impact

After a very broad description of what language policy and planning is about this paper presents an overview of some of the current preoccupations of researchers focusing on language policy and planning as one of the blooming fields of applied linguistics. The current issues in language policy and planning research that are dealt with include ‘the history of the field’, ‘language practices in different domains of society’, ‘ideas and beliefs about language’, and ‘the practical side of language policy and planning’. The brief sketch of current issues in language policy and planning research is meant to serve as the background for a preliminary discussion of the impact of language policy and planning research on society. That discussion takes the different ‘roles’ of academics working at university departments and doing research on language policy and planning as a starting point.

Research Methods in Language Policy and Planning

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Cassells Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Language Planning ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Disciplinary Boundaries ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
History Of ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
The Impact

Interdisciplinarity is a hallmark of language policy and planning (LPP) research and reveals how the impact of language plans and policies transcends disciplinary boundaries. Interdisciplinarity also means that clear LPP-specific methods have been slow to develop, if at all. This chapter reviews the methodological history of the field, highlighting major shifts engendered by particular research approaches, and ends with some predictions about where the field might be headed as evidenced by emerging trends. First, epistemological foundations are discussed, which help clarify methodological directions and perspectives. Then, a chronological history of LPP research methods is considered, with particular attention to language planning foundations, the critical and empirical turns, and emerging trends.

SOCIOPOLITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING IN THE USA.Thom Huebner and Kathryn Davis (Eds.). Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1999. Pp. viii + 360. $90.00 cloth.

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 557-559
Author(s):  
Thomas Ricento
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
American Association ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Political Activist ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
Creole English

This volume is a collection of papers, the majority of which were first presented on a colloquium at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference in 1997. The volume is dedicated to Charlene Junko (Charlie) Sato, who died in 1996 at the age of 44. Charlie was a political activist in several domains but was perhaps best known in applied linguistics circles for her work in support of Hawai'i Creole English (HCE) in communities and schools.

scholarly journals Foreword

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. vii-xii ◽  
Author(s):  
William Grabe
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
National Level ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Policy And Planning

This volume of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics returns to a topic first covered in Volume Two (1982). In the time-span between thematic volumes on Language Policy and Planning (LPP), major changes have evolved in the field and recent world events have led practitioners to rethink many issues and concerns related to language policy and planning. In the early 1980s, many LPP discussions centered around various national case studies of language policy and planning; indeed, the stress on policy, as separate from planning, was not often emphasized. The focus on non-national level planning was also not as common as the national-level focus.

A Foucauldian approach to language policy: The case of Canada

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eve Haque
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Royal Commission ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Policy Studies ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Official Languages ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Policy And Planning

This article examines recent developments in the field of policy studies in order to consider their applicability for the study of language policy and planning. In particular, Foucauldian insights into power and discourse offer the possibility of moving beyond the primarily descriptive nature of language policy studies and force a reconsideration of the premise upon which policy making is based: the starting point of the “problem” for which a policy solution is needed. By analyzing the proceedings of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (1963–1970) in order to trace the development of Canada’s Official Languages Act (1969), this paper reflects on the possibilities for developing a broader set of theoretical and methodological approaches to our work as scholars in the field of language policy. 

LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING

2000 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 129-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sauli Takala ◽  
Kari Sajavaara
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
Continuous Development ◽  
Policy And Planning

The field of language policy and planning is clearly a sub-field within applied linguistics. It generally does not draw heavily on formal linguistics, except for aspects of corpus and status planning. However, it does draw extensively from a range of disciplines in order to plan, implement, and evaluate language policies that respond to the needs of stake holders of various types. Despite continuous development of the field, aspects of language policy and planning need to be developed further. One of the key areas where policy can be enhanced considerably is in the area of policy and planning evaluation. This direction of inquiry is also relevant to a number of other areas within applied linguistics.

scholarly journals A network model of language policy and planning

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa J. McEntee-Atalianis
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Network Model ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Implicit And Explicit ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Point Of Departure

This article contributes to recent critical discussion of ‘agency’ in language policy and planning (LPP) research and practice. It argues that whilst scholars have widened their purview to consider the impact of individual actors on LPP in different contexts, the field has not developed or embraced theoretical and methodological frameworks which satisfactorily model or investigate the network of actor impact on LPP. This article analyzes the current status of LPP at the United Nations (UN). Taking the ‘Actor-Stage Model’ (Zhao & Baldauf, 2012) as a theoretical point of departure, the article discusses and analyzes the most recent review of LPP within the UN. It becomes apparent that a network of agents is responsible for LPP development, influence and implementation within the organization. This ‘web of influence’ is schematized using a network model which accounts for the implicit and explicit responsibility of multiple actors / ‘experts’ within and outside of the organization. A sub-analysis of institutional LPP goals reveals the ‘polycentric’ and ‘relational’ nature of influence within and across multiple ‘nodes’. It is argued that the network model and the concept of ‘web of influence’ is crucial in de- and re-constructing particular LPP goals and serves as a useful heuristic for those investigating or working within similar sites of inter/transnational integration as well as LPP in other macro, meso or micro-contexts.

Singapore bilingual education

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 90-114
Author(s):  
Cher Leng Lee ◽  
Chiew Pheng Phua
Keyword(s):  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Education System ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Education Today ◽  
Policy And Planning

Abstract Bilingualism has always been emphasized in Singapore’s education system. Since 1959, Singapore government leaders have repeatedly stressed that bilingualism is the cornerstone of Singapore’s language policy. Scholars researching language policy and planning in Singapore have also assumed that Singapore has always maintained a consistent stand on bilingualism. This paper cites the case of Chinese language (Mandarin) education as evidence to show how “bilingual” education has undergone significant changes in Singapore by tracing the historical changes and examining how bilingual education has evolved since its implementation. The findings show that the once-compulsory bilingual requirements gave way to differentiated ones in the history of Singapore’s bilingual policy. This finding will help researchers have a better understanding of Singapore’s “bilingual education” today and its position compared to other bilingual education systems in the world.

A sketch of the linguistic situation in Israel today

1989 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Gold
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Language Revitalization ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Linguistic Rights ◽  
History Of ◽  
Policy And Planning

ABSTRACTThe results of the reintroduction and renativization of Hebrew are highlighted, and some commonly made assumptions about Hebrew and its place in Israeli life examined. The main topics are (a) the debatable equation of an ideal nation-state with a single and exclusive language, (b) the long history of Hebrew as a component of Jewish multilingualism, (c) the Hebraist movement, (d) the extent of its success and its advantages and disadvantages, (e) linguistic rights in Israel. (Language revitalization, language and nationalism, language policy and planning)

Reflect, Revisit, Reimagine: Ethnography of Language Policy and Planning

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 119-127
Author(s):  
Nancy H. Hornberger
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Language Ideologies ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Research Paradigms ◽  
Practice Gap ◽  
Policy And Planning

AbstractTracing applied linguists’ interests in language policy and planning (LPP) as reflected in the pages of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics since its founding in 1980, I focus on the emergence of, and current boom in, ethnographic LPP research. I draw on the ethnographic concept of ideological and implementational LPP spaces as scalar, layered policies and practices influencing each other, mutually reinforcing, wedging, and transforming ideology through implementation and vice versa. Doing so highlights how the perennial policy-practice gap is given nuance through exploration of the intertwining dynamics of top-down/bottom-up language planning activities and processes, monoglossic/heteroglossic language ideologies and practices, potential equality/actual inequality of languages, and critical/transformative research paradigms in LPP.

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