Language-in-education Policies The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Relations

by Liddicoat, Anthony J.

• ISBN13: 9781847699138
• ISBN10: 1847699138
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-04-08
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

This book studies how language-in-education policies for additional language learning discursively construct ideologies of the relationships between languages and their speakers. It presents a critical analysis of policy documents from different contexts through a series of in-depth case studies that show how ideologies are articulated and developed.

Author Biography

Anthony J. Liddicoat is Professor in Applied Linguistics at the Research Centre for Languages and Cultures in the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages at the University of South Australia. His research focuses on language and intercultural issues in education, conversation analysis, and language policy and planning. His numerous publications include Language Planning and Literacy (2007), Language Planning in Local Contexts (with R.B. Baldauf, 2008), Intercultural language teaching and Learning (with A. Scarino, 2013) and An Introduction to Conversation Analysis (2nd edn, 2011).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Language-in-education policy, discourse and the intercultural

Chapter 2: Policies for foreign language learning

Chapter 3: Languages in the education of immigrants

Chapter 4: Languages in the education of indigenous people

Chapter 5: External language spread policies

Chapter 6: Language-in-education policies and intercultural relationships