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Ten years later: What has become of FLP?

how new challenges, such as digital communications, have shaped family language practices. We further explore how political conflicts have influenced families of forced migration and families in ... languages and in the contexts of UK, Norway, Finland, Mexico, Singapore and New Zealand. Entering into a new phase of FLP at a time with heightened political crisis and war in Europe and the Middle East, we

Family, a racialized space: A phenomenological approach to examining Afghan refugee families’ language policies in Norway

 embodiment The lived body has been a major subject of theorization in the phenomenological tradition of philosophy that has tried to understand the embodied experience of the world. Among the philosophers, as ... incorporated in our analysis of FLP. To do so, I have argued that the understandings of embodied experiences developed in phenomenological philosophy, such as Nishida’s notion of historical body, could be one

Policy formation for adult migrant language education in England: national neglect and its implications

dominant language of their new environment, to support their settlement. A willingness to learn the language is a marker of social inclusion from a political perspective too: an insistence that migrants have ... , 1998: Article 13.1). A willingness to learn the language is a marker of social inclusion from a political perspective too, and an insistence that migrants have an obligation to use English has been a

Aspirational family language policy

tension can become heightened when major political events push families to question their carefully balanced family language policies and, in some cases, change them significantly to reflect a repositioning ... " (p. 29). In line with the focus of constructing social meanings in discursive interactions (Gumperz, 2015) , the authors investigated manifestations of home country political developments and

Normative language policy and minority language rights: rethinking the case of regional languages in France

policy and planning research with a nuanced normative ethical analysis as employed in political philosophy and political theory. After outlining the foundational work on minority rights that has emerged ... analytic political philosophy, especially considering the latter’s recent interest in language rights and linguistic justice more broadly (e.g. Patten 2001, 2014; Kymlicka and Patten 2003; De Schutter 2007

Language advocacy in times of securitization and neoliberalization: The Network LanguageRights

? On the one hand, answering these questions heavily depends on the political, social, cultural and linguistic context, as well as on the interests, stakes and positions of the advocacy actors. On the

Has language as resource been the basis for mother-tongue instruction in Sweden? On the evolution of policy orientations towards a uniquely enduring bilingual policy

for Education. 3 Based on the Multiculturalism Policy Index, http://www.queensu.ca/mcp, accessed 25 March 2023. Q4: How was the LPP orientations’ evolution underpinned by political ideologies? Given ... diversity. In contrast to the other two orientations, the underpinnings of language as resource in terms of political ideology have been the topic of intense academic debate. The main points of criticism

Introduction to the thematic issue: language policy and political theory

and outcomes interrogated in the pages of this journal are premised on this dynamic within language. The second paradox frames a rather distinct sub-discipline of - political science and philosophy ... disciplinary divide (e.g. in political philosophy Kymlicka and Patten 2003; De Schutter 2007, 2008; Castiglione and Longman 2008; Van Parijs 2011). In sociolinguistics see, (for example, Tollefson 1991

Amid signs of change: language policy, ideology and power in the linguistic landscape of urban Rwanda

that Rwanda has a national language, Kinyarwanda, known by 99.4 per cent of the population. The analysis shows that political aspects of language policy decisions are downplayed. Officially, both ... English. This does not just happen. It forms part of political decisions and strategies, and we should approach the changing linguistic landscape as an expression of post-genocide politics. It is

Ricento, T. (ed): Language Policy and Political Economy: English in a Global Context

is taught as an additional language; (b) to make the case that political economy represents an advantageous perspective for such an interrogation; and (c) to reflect critically on whether English

Grammar tests, de facto policy and pedagogical coercion in England’s primary schools

testing as a methodological framework, and drawing on a bricolage of data sources such as political speeches, policy documents, test questions and interviews with teachers. I discuss how the tests work as ... . Shohamy 2001) at the epicentre of curriculum reform. I trace the political and language ideological discourses which framed their implementation by government, and explore the impacts and consequences of

Four decades after Castañeda: a critical analysis of Bilingual/Dual Language Education in Colorado

Student Succeeds (ESSA), coupled with political movements to limit bilingual education, and benign neglect and systemic racism on the part of the Colorado Department of Education have limited opportunities ... -political climate of Colorado at the time. Table 1 (below) is used to organize our findings and relate them to our theoretical framework. Findings The population of EB students in Colorado has both changed

Pride, prejudice and pragmatism: family language policies in the UK

and developing minority/HLs are matters that reach far beyond the family domain, because families are always “nested in a wide range of socio-historical, political, cultural and linguistic environments ... inevitably shaped by political and societal ideologies (Curdt-Christiansen, 2016, 2018) . Cushing’s (2019, 2021, 2023) studies of UK’s educational policies and school language practices point out that racist

“What is language for us?”: Community-based Anishinaabemowin language planning using TEK-nology

diversity in Indigenous Nations and communities across Turtle Island (Siebens & Julian, 2011; Statistics Canada, 2017) . The Anishinabek Nation is a “political advocate for 39 member First Nations across ... Ontario…[it] is the oldest political organization in Ontario and can trace its roots back to the Confederacy of Three Fires, which existed long before European contact” (Anishinabek Nation, 2020, para. 1

Mother tongue instruction in Sweden and Denmark

Danish context. The article explores the two state’s position on MTI, as expressed in policy as well as in discourse produced in the political and academic field of each state. It subscribes to Pierre ... . The analysis shows that the national differences in MTI exist because of the differing ways in which agents from the academic vis-?-vis the - political field have succeeded in imposing their visions

Family language policy in retrospect: Narratives of success and failure in an Indian–Iranian transnational family

; Heritage language; Transnational families; Translingualism Introduction Our contemporary world is characterized by changing political, economic and environmental conditions that bring about unequal labor ... , and later sociopolitical developments such as the Iran-Iraq war (1980–1988) and recent economic hardship imposed by political and economic sanctions that triggered emigration of Iranians in large

State categories, state vision and vernacular woes in Sweden’s language politics

This article deals with the politics of classification in contemporary Sweden. It analyses the language political dispute that has developed over the language political regulation of Övdalsk, a non ... article deals with the politics of classification in contemporary Sweden. It analyses the language political dispute that has developed over the language political regulation of O¨ vdalsk, a non-standard

Implementation and acceptance of national language policy: the case of Dutch (1750–1850)

the Dutch language in the second half of the eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth century. In this period, Dutch became an object of political control. Significant aspects of the ... symbol of the newly founded Dutch nationstate, and as such it became an object of political control (Rutten 2016) . Significant aspects of the nationalization of language were the establishment of an

Biotechnology and the Future of Humanity

alliance between those divided by their general political philosophy, and their view on issues like abortion, will develop. What is clear is that questions of biopolicy do not fit neatly into our traditional ... characteristic combination of liberal political sympathy and the awe due from one elite for another, handles challenges to mainstream scientific opinion as the contemporary equivalent of lese-majeste. Indeed, we

Named into being? Language questions and the politics of Scots in the 2011 census in Scotland

English, and for many people it has associations of inferiority. At the same time, it has political relevance because of its potential to be an important cultural marker for an autonomous Scotland. The ... -speaking population and a clear public understanding of what it meant to be a speaker of Scots. This paper discusses the history and political background to the problematic language questions in the Scottish