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The landscapes of higher education have been changing rapidly, with enormous growths in participation rates in many countries across the world, and major developments and changes within institutions. But the languages that we need to conceptualise and understand these changes have not been keeping pace. This work seeks to address this issue.

The landscapes of higher education have been changing rapidly, with enormous growths in participation rates in many countries across the world, and major developments and changes within institutions. But the languages that we need to conceptualise and understand these changes have not been keeping pace. This work seeks to address this issue

The book outlines the evolution and role of minority languages locally and nationally; it investigates current educational language policies in minority areas; and it assesses the social and economic outcomes of language change for communities in contemporary China

In today's increasingly interconnected, knowledge-based world, language policy in higher education is rapidly becoming a crucial area for all societies aiming to play a part in the global economy. The challenge is double faceted: how can universities retain their crucial role of creating the intellectual elites who are indispensable for the running of national affairs and, at the same time, prepare their best-educated citizens for competition in a global market? To what extent is English really pushing other languages out of the academic environment? Drawing on the experience of several medium

This provocative defense of language diversity works through the strengths and weaknesses of liberal political theory to inform language policy. The book presents the argument that policy must occupy the space between 'linguistics of community' and 'linguistics of contact' in a way that balances individual autonomy and group recognition while not reifying 'language'. Drawing on the importance of the language/identity link, the author distinguishes between language negative liberalism and language positive liberalism, arguing against the former. This distinction orients consideration of increas

Résumé Cet article étudie dans quelles conditions les règles législatives concernant la protection des minorités peuvent être révoquées dans les dix nouveaux États membres de l'Union européenne d'Europe centrale et orientale. Il analyse en particulier tous les cas où des rassemblements politiques ont appuyé l'introduction d'une législation restrictive dans le domaine de la protection des minorités, depuis le début des négociations d'adhésion. Une combinaison de critères s'avère suffisante pour un changement de ce type : une position nettement négative du gouvernement envers les minorités, une place importante accordée aux questions des garanties législatives aux minorités (qui se manifeste par la taille des minorités et leur mobilisation politique, en combinaison avec un fort soutien électoral aux partis nationalistes), et un haut niveau de protection. Dans ces conditions, une législation restrictive est adoptée, malgré la conditionnalité européenne et même en présence d'acteurs disposant d'un droit de veto, qui se contentent alors au mieux de retarder et modérer le résultat. Afin d'illustrer ce type de rassemblement, l'article présente trois cas d'étude : la législation slovaque sur les droits linguistiques (1994-1998 et 2006-2010), et la législation lettone dans le domaine de l'éducation (1997-2004) et dans le domaine linguistique (1997-2000).

Presenting visions of multilingual school, this book examines the pedagogical, socio educational, and socio political issues that impact on their development and success. It considers issues of multilingual schooling in different countries and for diverse populations and groups, while taking into account the global pressures of the 21st century