Language Planning and Education / / Gibson Ferguson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Ferguson, Gibson,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Textbooks in Applied Linguistics : ETAL
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)

Language Planning is a resurgent academic discipline, reflecting the importance of language in issues of migration, globalisation, cultural diversity, nation-building, education and ethnic identity. Written as an advanced introduction, this book engages with all these themes but focuses specifically on language planning as it relates to education, addressing such issues as bilingualism and the education of linguistic minority pupils in North America and Europe, the educational and equity implications of the global spread of English, and the choice of media of instruction in post-colonial societies. Contextualising this discussion, the first two chapters describe the emergence and evolution of language planning as an academic discipline, and introduce key concepts in the practice of language planning. The book is wide-ranging in its coverage, with detailed discussion of the context of language policy in a variety of countries and communities across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Key Features:Accessible and readable introduction to the field.Wide coverage of issues with illustrative examples from a range of countries in different continents.Discussion exercises and suggestions for further reading.Explores and comments on controversial issues.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Author’s Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. The discipline of language planning: a historical overview -- Chapter 2. The practice of language planning: an overview of key concepts -- Chapter 3. Educational and political dimensions of bilingual education: the case of the United States -- Chapter 4. Minority languages and language revitalisation -- Chapter 5. The global spread of English: cause, agency, effects and policy responses -- Chapter 6. New Englishes and teaching models: the continuing debate -- Chapter 7. Language education policy and the medium of instruction issue in post-colonial Africa -- Discussion questions, exercises and further reading -- References -- Index