Language Policies in Education: Critical Issues

Abstract

Preface Part I: Language Policy in Education * Critical Issues in Language Policy in Education James W. Tollefson * Language Policy in a Time of Crisis and Transformation James W. Tollefson * Multiple Actors and Arenas in Evolving Language Policies Mary McGroarty Part II: Competing Agendas * A Brief History and Assessment of Language Rights in the United States Terrence G. Wiley * Righting Language Wrongs in a Plurilingual Context: Language Policy and Practice in Nicaragua's Caribbean Coast Region Jane Freeland * Positioning the Language Policy Arbiter: Governmentality and Footing in the School District of Philadelphia David Cassels Johnson Part III: Indigenous Languages in Postcolonial Education * Language and Education in Kenya: Between the Colonial Legacy and the New Constitutional Order Alamin Mazrui * Language-in-Education Policy and Planning in Africa's Monolingual Kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu Part IV: Language and Global Capitalism * The Japanisation of English Language Education: Promotion of the National Language within Foreign Language Policy Kayoko Hashimoto 10. India's Economic Restructuring with English: Benefits Versus Costs E. Annamalai Part V: Language and Social Conflict 11. Rwanda Switches to English: Conflict, Identity and Language-in-Education Policy Beth Lewis Samuelson 12. The Critical Villager Revisited: Continuing Transformations of Language and Education in Solomon Islands David Welchman Gegeo and Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo Part VI: Language Policy and Social Change 13. Language Planning and Cultural Continuance in Native America Teresa L. McCarty 14. New Functional Domains of Quechua and Aymara: Mass Media and Social Media Serafin M. Coronel-Molina 15. Language Policy and Democratic Pluralism James W. Tollefson List of Contributors Author Index Subject Index