Sep 08, 2016 ethnography of language policy and planning. Although we will not attempt to describe the processes of language planning, it does aim to provide a set of principles that can guide the process to ensure that it is more equitable, effective, and sensitive to the context in which the policy is formulated. Perspectives on language policy and planning oxford handbooks. The characteristics of language policy and planning research. How the belt and road initiative informs language planning. An ecology perspective on language planning springerlink. As claried by jahr 1992, lp is usually conducted according to a declared program or a dened set of criteria, and. The emphasis throughout is on current research rather than on established textbook knowledge. Although initial language planning and policy activity sometimes has been characterized as involving a wide range of social and political i. Perspectives on strategic planning in the public sector by richard d. Young strategic planning is based on the premise that leaders and managers of public and nonprofit organizations must be effective strategists if their organizations are to fulfill their missions, meet their mandates, and satisfy constituents in the years ahead. Edited by thomas ricento, alongside an editorial advisory group of five leading scholars, this new routledge collection features all the key articles published, both foundational and critical scholarship, to.
Part ii methodological approaches to language planning and policy research 67. May 01, 2015 this is the first volume exclusively devoted to research methods in language policy and planning lpp. In this introduction, bernard spolsky explores many debates at the forefront of language policy. In language policy research, policy has traditionally been conceptualised as a notion separate from that of practice. Language planning in historical perspective a description of language planning in historical perspective is often linked to the. Neustupny, 1978 language planning is a part of ideas, laws, policy discussion, changes in regulations. By language planning i understand the activity of preparing a normative orthography, grammar, and. Epistemology, critical social theory, intellectual history, language ecology, language planning, language policy. Language policy is an issue of critical importance in the world today. This paper explores the evolution of language policy and planning lpp as an area of research from the end of world war ii to the present day.
Conceptual and theoretical perspectives in language planning and policy. Language planning is seen as the background of a general theory of language haarmann, 1990. However, we have entered a phase in the field when scholarship is more explicitly foregrounding how particular research methods can be leveraged to illuminate the multiple layers of lpp. A tentative classification of language planning aims. While the field of language policy and planning lpp has enjoyed a robust and diverse theoretical history, research methods have received less attention. Under the critical theoretical orientation, two primary critical approaches have been used, including the historical structural approach 32 and. Historical and theoretical perspectives of literature. Perspectives on language policy and planning oxford. Theoretical perspectives on speaking martin bygate introduction second language sl speaking has not been recognized as a research area as readily as have reading, writing, or listening. Historical development of language policy and planning while lpp as an activity has certainly been going on for centuries, the first use of the term language planning in the scholarly literature is usually attributed to haugens study of language standardization in norway, in which he wrote. Applying criticalcultural and historical structural theories to reframing language planning and policy. Based on analysis of the lpp literature, three types of factors are identified as having been instrumental in shaping the field. Bilingual studies, the university of texas, san antonio, texas 78249, usa. Based on analysis of the lpp literature, three types.
Theory and method 2006, blackwell is an excellent introduction to a wide range of issues on language policy and planning lpp. Pdf frameworks and models in language policy and planning. Each chapter is written by a leading language policy expert and provides a howto guide to planning studies as well as gathering and analyzing data covers a broad range of methods, making it easily accessible to and useful for transdisciplinary researchers working with language policy in any. Language policy and nationbuilding in postapartheid south africa. Historical examples of language planning activities serve as the background of many recent quests for an overall language planning theory. The field of language policy and planning has evolved over the past half century into a flourishing field of academic inquiry, with identifiable research agendas, methods, and findings. A researcher, thus, should look for hidden history in what on the surface appears to be innocuous language planning with noble goals such as wider national communication and national cohesion. Tollefsons book deals with some of the limitations of neoclassical approaches to language issues. A language policy is a body of ideas, laws, regulations, rules and practices intended to achieve the planned language change in the society, group or system. Ethnography research plays a major role in language policy and laguage planning lpp, multilingualism and language education researches some of the experts in the field include 2, 5, 8. While there is perhaps no grand theory of language planning and policy, there are traditions of research within the field which proffer important concepts, frameworks, methods, and theoretical developments, and this chapter attempts to cover some of the major contributions.
Language policy, language planning and national identity. Theories and method is a collection of newlywritten chapters that cover the major theories and methods currently employed by scholars active in the field. Early planning theories little distinction between goals, knowledge and planning process nascent theories imbedded in utopian visions efforts to develop a coherent theory emerged in the 1950s and 60s need to rationalize the interests and activities of planning under conditions of social foment. Historical and theoretical perspectives in language policy and planning. One of the great strengths of the book is the introduction of a relatively new 4 dimension to the field. In fact, language practices were usually analysed with a view to evaluate whether a policy is being implemented or resisted to. Ricento 2000a divides the intellectual history of the field into three stages. The policy exemplifies the influence of globalized standards on local language education systems. The term ethnography can be defined as the scientific description of customs of individual people and cultures. May 01, 2000 historical and theoretical perspectives in language policy and planning historical and theoretical perspectives in language policy and planning ricento, thomas 20000501 00. These factors macro sociopolitical, epistemological, and strategic individually and interactively have influenced. Language planning and language policy in the ecological perspective.
The topic of policy change is a widely researched area in public policy and political science. Language planning and policy research papers academia. While the discipline of language policy and planning lpp has been. Each chapter is written by a leading language policy expert and provides a howto guide to planning studies as well as gathering and analyzing data. Language planning applied research on english language. Pdf the characteristics of language policy and planning. Research methods in language policy and planning wiley. Few people question the underlying framework of such language planning.
This paper draws on recent developments within linguistics that understand language from the perspective of vygotskian sociocultural theory, and the. The role of agency in language policy and planning the impetus for overt language planning can be either public or private. Dec 03, 2014 definitions language planning can be consideredthe quintessential example of applied linguistics, combining as it does the need for theoretical understandings about language and a requirement for application to real life situations. This paper tries to call into question those basic assumptions. Download citation historical and theoretical perspectives in language policy and planning this paper explores the evolution of language policy and planning lpp as an area of research from. The characteristics of language policy and planning.
Pdf the history of language planning and reform in china. For instance, the 25th anniversary volume o tesolf quarterly had papers on reading, writing, and listening, but. In fields such as education policy, however, there is often an untheoretical approach on what works. Language policy and planning in language education. The concept of literature the word literature is used, today, first of all to refer to texts in such genres as fictional prose novels, short stories, and the like, poetry, and drama. Language planning and policies summary steve nicolle language planning and policies summary some definitions language planning all conscious efforts that aim at changing the linguistic behaviour of a speech community mesthrie et al 2009. Historical and theoretical perspectives in language policy. Language policy and planning 1st edition thomas ricento.
This paper explores the evolution of language policy and planning lpp as an area of research from the end of. When language policy and planning first became widely practiced in the 1960s and 1970s, lpp specialists believed that their newly emerging understanding of language in society could be implemented in practical programs of modernization and development that would have important benefits for developing societies. Dec 16, 2002 historical and theoretical perspectives in language policy and planning thomas ricento division of bicultural. This book, which is a major contribution to questions of language planning, conceived of and compiled on the basis of the authors many years extensive language planning in indonesia, both from a theoretical and applied. In this article we examine the theoretical and conceptual history of lan guage planning and policy lpp and situate the ethnography of language policy within the historical. A principlesbased approach for english language teaching. In traditional studies of language policy in china, scholars mainly try to evaluate language policy s effectiveness in attaining goals such as national unity, economic development, and illiteracy reduction. Module 1 provides an introduction to educational planning, its concepts, current context and framework for action. Mar 04, 2021 theory of policy formulation, lp and language t rea t ment dua, 1985. The major achievement of this early period of lpp was a deeper understanding of the relationship between language structure and language. Historical and theoretical perspectives in language policy and.
Research in lpp is divided into three historical phases. Dec 04, 2020 download citation historical and theoretical perspectives in language policy and planning this paper explores the evolution of language policy and planning lpp as an area of research from. Thomas ricentos an introduction to language policy. Historical and theoretical perspectives of literature anders pettersson encyclopedia of life support systems eolss 1. This is the first volume exclusively devoted to research methods in language policy and planning lpp. This policy framework must therefore cater adequately for the harmonisation of language policy at all three levels of. Oct 23, 2015 davis, dynamics of indigenous language maintenance, in t. This article explores language planning and policy from the perspective of individual agency and its embodiments in the process of implementing an english language education policy ensemble at a public university in vietnam. Historical and theoretical perspectives in language. Since the early 1990s, language policy and planning lpp has undergone significant theoretical shifts in how it understands policy, concurrent with corresponding shifts in understandings of language, and particularly language use, more broadly. A sociocultural framework for language policy and planning. Explores the evolution of language policy and planning lpp as an area of research from the end of world war ii to the present.
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