Official National Language Research Articles

Les Disparités d'alphabétisation et de scolarisation en Turquie

The struggle against illiteracy is a problem of great importance in Turkey as in many other countries. In Turkey the democratisation and secularisation of education have been a difficult process. Despite strong educational efforts in recent years, the country still presents various forms of inequality, such as considerable disparities between women and men, between town and country and between different regions. Unequal socio-economic, cultural and educational development, and attachment to cultural traditions are some of the factors that influence these inequalities. At the same time, Turkey is confronted by the sore problem of the education of linguistic minorities (especially the Kurds), who are not officially recognised as the cultural policy of Turkey aims to assimilate them. Thus, in the 1920s the Kurdish language was forbidden along with all languages other than Turkish, the official national language.

The Official National Language and Language Attitudes of Three Ethnic Minority Groups in China

La oficiala lingvo kaj lingvaj sintenoj ĉe tri minoritataj grupoj en Cinio Rezulte de lingvoplanado, duono de la cent milionoj da etnominoritatanoj (EMN) en Ĉinio parolas iun version de Putonghua (PTH) kiel sian unuan aŭ duan lingvon. La nuna studo, utiligante sintenan/motivan enketaron kaj "pare maskitan" procedon, ekzamenis la taskojn fare de anoj de kazaka, ujgura kaj jia minoritatoj pri PTH kaj EMN-aj lingvoj, kaj dekdu varieblojn pri lernado kaj uzado de PTH. Analizoj de la rezultoj pere de unudirekta "ANOVA" kaj parspecimena testo t montras, ke a) integra orientigo kaj impreso de pekina-noj estas la plej bonaj manieroj antaŭdiri la instrumentan orientigon, intense-con kaj deziron de EMN pri la lernado kaj utiligo de PTH; b) la longeco de la lernperiodo de PTH sola suficas por determini kiom komforte EMN sentas en sia utiligo de PTH; c) niveloj de kontakto kun la hana minoritato para-lelas iliajn pritaksojn de PTH kaj de EMN-lingvoj; kaj c) bona impreso de pekinanoj korelaciigas kun pli altaj taksoj de PTH. La eltrovoj de la studo donas al la farantoj de lingvopolitiko kaj al esplorantoj tra la tuta mondo utilajn perspektivojn pri la rilato inter lingvaj sintenoj kaj etnaj rilatoj.

Language Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany Today: A Report to American Germanists

As foreign language teachers know, language is not only a means of communicating information, it is also a transmitter of culture. It can be a political issue as well. While the politics of language in the United States is essentially a domestic issue, taking the form of a movement to name English the official national language, it has an international dimension in Germany, where many are discussing the role of German in Europe today. The discussion encompasses not only language organizations and academia, but also the press and various government branches. This is proof that language policy has a political component. It is indeed in the interest of nations to advocate a sound language policy. Many in Germany are calling for more emphasis on the learning of German abroad in a time of more demand for it especially in Central and Eastern Europe. Some seek to maintain funding for German abroad even with major reductions in most government services. Others express the need for a clearer language/cultural policy in this time of both demand for German classes and economic

Algeria's Berber problem

There was widespread unrest in the Kabylia earlier this year following the Algerian government's decision, re-iterated most recently during the FLN Congress on 15 to 19 June, to introduce modern literary Arabic as the official national language. Moves have been made to reduce tension: the universities have reopened and clashes between Arab and Berber-speaking student groups have ceased. Those arrested during the April disturbances have now been released provisionally from prison until they appear before the State Security Court. The arrested musicians appear to have been released without any charges being made against them. Yet these gestures do not alter the basic confrontation between indigeneous Algerian culture and the Middle East mainstream that threatens to engulf it.

Integrated Multi-Media Systems for the Teaching of Modern Languages

Around 1950 the widespread raising of the school-leaving age in the developed countries gave an enormous boost to secondary and technical education. As the developing nations strove for mass literacy the demand for language training proliferated. These pressures gave rise to a much increased market for the teaching of written native tongues, official national languages, and the languages of international communication.

Language Policy in Tanzania

Opening ParagraphIt is generally understood that Swahili is the official national language of the Republic of Tanzania. Perhaps because the concept of a national language has never been clearly defined within the Tanzanian context, there is some misunderstanding in the minds of many Tanzanian citizens as to the factual linguistic situation in their country. Certainly at the time when the country became independent and Swahili was first proclaimed a national language, it was proclaimed as such in opposition to English. The original intention was eventually to replace the language of the former colonial rulers, English, with Swahili. Comments by responsible African writers support this original intention. For example, Professor Ali Mazrui in an article published as recently as 1967 commented on the comparatively mild and smooth conclusion of British colonial rule and contrasted this with the anti-British language policy in Tanganyika after independence. ‘While Kenya had a violent anti-British insurrection and Uganda had its moments of rioting and boycotting against this or that aspect of British rule, the nationalist movement in colonial Tanganyika sometimes seemed to be almost Anglophile. Yet that old Anglophile Tanganyika has now become, in the area of language policy, anti-English’.

Malaysia: The Search for Solidarity and Security

Research Article| February 01 1968 Malaysia: The Search for Solidarity and Security Marvin Ott Marvin Ott Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1939) 8 (2): 127–132. https://doi.org/10.2307/2642343 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Marvin Ott; Malaysia: The Search for Solidarity and Security. Far Eastern Survey 19 January 1939; 8 (2): 127–132. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/2642343 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAsian Survey Search This content is only available via PDF. Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.