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English-Only policy and belief in the United States [PDF]

, 2012
English-Only initiatives are commonplace in the United States. Proponents of Official English would like to make the official language of the United States English despite the prestige English already has in the United States. The motivations behind this
White, Lauren E.
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Reception Baseline Assessment and ‘small acts’ of micro‐resistance

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In September 2021, following the global COVID‐19 pandemic, the Department for Education introduced a national standardised digital Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) for all English 4‐year‐old children. We analyse RBA and its associated Quality Monitoring Visits, as a further intensification of the new public management of early years ...
Guy Roberts‐Holmes, Diana Sousa, Siew Fung Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

What does “language” mean for its users? Constructing a theoretical model of a notion of language in the public space

Taikomoji kalbotyra, 2016
Research into language ideologies is a fast growing field of research, especially within its critical paradigm, highlighting reproductions of dominant and often repressive ideologies about language (racism, sexism, nationalism, etc.).
Vuk Vukotić
doaj   +1 more source

‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

“Non, moi je lui dis pas en turc, ou en portugais, ou en, j’sais pas moi en arabe”: Exploring teacher ideologies in multilingual/cultural preschool contexts in France

Bellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature, 2017
This contribution explores the relationship between language ideologies and teaching with specific reference to the French national education context and in particular with respect to the education of children for whom French, the language of schooling ...
Andrea S. Young
doaj   +1 more source

‘These reforms have teeth’: The affective dimensions of teacher education policy enactment

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The affective dimensions of education policy enactment have often received less attention in the research literature, especially regarding teacher education policy. This article reports on a study of the affective responses of university‐based teacher educators in England to the significant initial teacher education reforms of 2019–2022: the ...
Ian Cushing, Viv Ellis
wiley   +1 more source

Education Policies for Bilingualism and Stakeholders’ Views and Practices

Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal
Bilingualism has become a major theme in language policies over the last decades, reflecting language ideologies and guidelines for practice. Yet, stakeholders have responded to these policies in diverse ways. This multi-case study explores the language
Luis Felipe Jaramillo Calderón
doaj   +1 more source

Ideology and Persian Language Teaching Abroad: Critical Discourse Analysis of Iranian Identity in the Textbook Persian Language Course Based on Van Dijk's Framework (2006) [PDF]

̒Ilm-i Zabān
Textbooks as the most important educational tools underline the reflection and transmission of ideologies. Research literature on the discourse analysis and analysis of ideologies existing in textbooks indicates that the vast majority of these studies ...
RezaMorad Sahraei, Fatemeh Tabasi
doaj   +1 more source

Creating space(s) for learning in prison: Developing an andragogical framework

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Learning in prison is too often excluded from wider discussions of educational experiences, processes and impact. This paper proposes, for the first time, an iterative andragogical framework to conceptualise learning spaces within prison contexts.
Morwenna Bennallick, Jayne Finlay, Ross Little, Helen Nichols   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moroccan Arabic: The Battlefield of Language Ideologies

Arbitrer, 2019
The debate on the use of Moroccan Arabic (also known as Moroccan darija) dates back to the medieval period when literary critics have discussed the effectiveness of writing in Moroccan Arabic lyrics of Muslim Spain, muwashshahat and zajal.
Marouane Zakhir, Jason L. O'Brien
doaj   +1 more source