A decade ago, Hornberger & Johnson proposed that the ethnography of language planning
and policy (ELPP) offers a useful way to understand how people create, interpret, and at …

Comparative case studies are an effective qualitative tool for researching the impact of
policy and practice in various fields of social research, including education. Developed in …

The natural first question is: What is language policy? The question is commonly asked in
books on the topic but concrete definitions are less common than discussions of language …

Abstract In 1984, Richard Ruiz set forth three orientations to language planning: language
as problem, language as right, and language as resource. Since that time, the orientations …

In this article we examine the theoretical and conceptual history of Language Planning and
Policy (LPP) and situate the ethnography of language policy within the historical trajectory of …

Using the methods of critical discourse analysis, we examine California Proposition 227,
English Language in Public Schools (1998), and its repeal measure, Proposition 58, the …

This chapter introduces the transdisciplinary research movement of critical discourse
analysis (CDA) beginning with its definition and recent examples of CDA work. In addition …

Public education policies governing language revitalization and the teaching of indigenous
languages have been in place for more than 20 years in Chile. In this journey, there has …

As global English expands, developing countries feel the pressure that, in order to remain
globally competitive, they must increase the number of people with English proficiency. In …

In the wake of the enactment of Sweden's Language Act in 2009 and in the face of the
growing presence of English, Swedish universities have been called upon by the Swedish …