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Australian Policy Activism in Language and Literacy

2001 Language planning
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Release : 2001
Genre : Language planning
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Book Synopsis Australian Policy Activism in Language and Literacy by : Joseph Lo Bianco

Download or read book Australian Policy Activism in Language and Literacy written by Joseph Lo Bianco. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary: describes how policy texts come about, how policy activists learn to become effective in influence and text production, how policy problems are constituted and what happens in different policy contexts. Concludes with new theories, perspectives and possibilities.

The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages

2008-08-22 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2008-08-22
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages by : Gerhard Leitner

Download or read book The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages written by Gerhard Leitner. This book was released on 2008-08-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The languages of Aboriginal Australians have attracted a considerable amount of interest among scholars from such diverse fields as linguistics, political studies, archaeology or social history. As a result, there is a large number of studies on a variety of issues to do with Aboriginal Australian languages and the social contexts in which they are used. There is, however, no integrative reader that is easily accessible to the non-specialist in any of the areas concerned. The collection edited by Leitner and Malcolm fills this gap. Looking at Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and their changing habitats from pre-colonial times to the present, the book covers languages from a structural and functional linguistic perspective, moves on to the issue of cultural maintenance and then turns to language policy, planning and the educational and legal dimensions. Among the many themes discussed are: the social and linguistic history of language contact after 1788 (including the Macassans); the demographic base of indigenous languages; traditional indigenous languages; results of language contact such as the modification of traditional languages and the rise of contact languages (pidgins, creoles, esp. Kriol, Torres Strait Creole, and Aboriginal English); the impact of the Aboriginal languages on mainstream Australian English; maintenance, shift, revival and documentation of indigenous and contact languages; language planning; language in education; language in the media; language in the law courts. The contributors are leading experts in their fields. The book can serve as a reader for university courses but also as a state-of-the-art work and resource for specialists like applied linguists or educational planners.

Uniformity and Diversity in Language Policy

2011 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2011
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Uniformity and Diversity in Language Policy by : Catrin Norrby

Download or read book Uniformity and Diversity in Language Policy written by Catrin Norrby. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together current research by leading international scholars on the often contentious nature of language policies and their practical outcomes in North America, Australia and Europe. It presents a range of perspectives from which to engage with a variety of pressing issues raised by multilingualism, multiculturalism, immigration, exclusion, and identity.

Languages in Australian Education

2009-12-14 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2009-12-14
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Languages in Australian Education by : Anthony J. Liddicoat

Download or read book Languages in Australian Education written by Anthony J. Liddicoat. This book was released on 2009-12-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia has a reputation for sustained work in language policy and has had over 20 years of experience of language policy development. During these years, language policies have sought to increase and reshape languages education in Australian schools, but have had only limited success in achieving their objectives. This means that Australia’s extensive work in language policy has not yet guaranteed a secure place for languages within education. After a period of comparative neglect of languages and multiculturalism, Australia is now entering a new phase of activity in language policy and it is timely to consider critically what has and has not been achieved to date and the reasons why. The aim of this book is to examine the current state, nature, role and purposes of languages in Australian education as a basis for considering a viable, encompassing language education policy. The book is divided into four specific focus areas for discussion, each of which is based on a core theme in Australian languages education: engaging with diversity; the current state of policy and participation in languages education and languages teacher education; current orientations to languages education, and future possibilities and directions in languages education. Underlying the discussion is the recognition that at this particular juncture in languages education policy in Australia it is necessary to re-examine constructs, research, evidence and practice as the basis for renewal. The book presents a collection of papers dealing with each of the themes and aims to give greater focus to the contemporary debates around languages in education in Australia and more generally.

Language Policies and (Dis)Citizenship

2013-08-02 Political Science
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Release : 2013-08-02
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Language Policies and (Dis)Citizenship by : Vaidehi Ramanathan

Download or read book Language Policies and (Dis)Citizenship written by Vaidehi Ramanathan. This book was released on 2013-08-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the concept of ‘citizenship’, and argues that it should be understood both as a process of becoming and the ability to participate fully, rather than as a status that can be inherited, acquired, or achieved. From a courtroom in Bulawayo to a nursery in Birmingham, the authors use local contexts to foreground how the vulnerable, particularly those from minority language backgrounds, continue to be excluded, whilst offering a powerful demonstration of the potential for change offered by individual agency, resistance and struggle. In addressing questions such as ‘under what local conditions does "dis-citizenship" happen?’; ‘what role do language policies and pedagogic practices play?’ and ‘what kinds of margins and borders keep humans from fully participating’? The chapters in this volume shift the debate away from visas and passports to more uncertain and contested spaces of interpretation.

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