Un(intended) Language Planning in a Globalising World: Multiple Levels of Players at Work

Catherine CHUA Siew Kheng

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Open Poland 2018

Un(intended) Language Planning in a Globalising World: Multiple Levels of Players at Work

Catherine CHUA Siew Kheng

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110518269

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About this book

This first book provides a comprehensive overview of the different levels of players who have been involved in both intended and unintended language planning and policy, and shows how they have impacted multilingual language use. Specifically, it looks at the roles of different ‘glo-national’ (global national) players in directing the choices of language use in various parts of the world. Drawing on topics from numerous countries i.e., Basque country, Brazil, China, Europe, France, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, North Korea, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America, this book showcases the complexity of language planning. The book not only provides examples to illustrate how globalisation has led to an increase in demand in learning English in many countries, it brings in other examples to demonstrate how globalisation has also promoted language diversity in other countries as well. Using the four stages of language planning framework – Supra Macro, Macro, Micro and Infra Micro levels of language planning, the book discusses the tension that surrounds the global, national and local demands on language choice, and presents the possible outcomes of the various intended and unintended policies, and strategies adopted by the different players found in these four stages of planning. The aim of the book is to highlight the importance of aligning the supra and macro levels of planning with the micro and infra macro levels of planning in any language planning in order to obtain positive outcomes.

Globalisation, Language planning

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
1 Introduction. Issues in language planning and policy: From global to local Catherine Chua Siew Kheng Open Access Download PDF	1
2 Is English global? Robert B. Kaplan Open Access Download PDF	15
3 The language planning and policy for the European Union and its failures Jan Kruse and Ulrich Ammon Open Access Download PDF	39
4 Macro policies and meso language planning: The case of supranational policies in Europe James McMenamin and Christa van der Walt Open Access Download PDF	57
5 Inequalities of multilingualism: Outsourcing, neoliberalism and languages-in-education Ruanni Tupas Open Access Download PDF	84
6 Foreign language learning policy in the United Arab Emirates: Local and global agents of change Mira Al Hussein and Christina Gitsaki Open Access Download PDF	97
7 National security in language-in-education policy Anthony J. Liddicoat Open Access Download PDF	113
8 A tale of two cities: Religion and language policy in Malaysia and Singapore Phyllis Chew Ghim Lian Open Access Download PDF	129
9 Language policy in business and industry: Between local and global developments Karin van der Worp, Jasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter Open Access Download PDF	145
10 Translation in journalism: Local practices in multilingual newsflows Daniel Perrin and Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow Open Access Download PDF	163
11 Chasing a phantom: Afrikaans in higher education in the globalisation era Munene Mwaniki Open Access Download PDF	183
12 Local challenges to global needs in English language education in Vietnam: The perspective of language policy and planning Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen, Huong Thu Nguyen, Huy Van Nguyen and Trang Thi Thuy Nguyen Open Access Download PDF	214
13 English-medium instruction and teacher agency in higher education: A case study Nor Liza Ali and M. Obaidul Hamid Open Access Download PDF	234
14 English language education planning for Chinese schools – Multi-level actors at work Minglin Li Open Access Download PDF	251
15 Translation of language policy from pre-school to primary school in Singapore: Multiplayers at work Sandra Pinhui Wu Open Access Download PDF	267
16 Planning uses of Peace Linguistics in second language education Francisco Gomes de Matos Open Access Download PDF	290
17 Language policy: From planning to management Bernard Spolsky Open Access Download PDF	301
Index Open Access Download PDF	310

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Open Poland
Audience: Academics in LPP and educational policy, Undergraduates and postgraduates in LPP and educational policy
Pages
- Main content: 320
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 16
- Coloured Illustrations: 12
- Tables: 10
Keywords: Globalisation; macro to micro planning; language planning and policies; multiple language players

eBook

Published: April 24, 2018
ISBN: 9783110518269

Hardcover

Published: April 24, 2018
ISBN: 9783110518238