1 Introduction. Issues in language planning and policy: From global to local

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. 1 Introduction. Issues in language planning and policy: From global to local 1
4. 2 Is English global? 15
5. 3 The language planning and policy for the European Union and its failures 39
6. 4 Macro policies and meso language planning: The case of supranational policies in Europe 57
7. 5 Inequalities of multilingualism: Outsourcing, neoliberalism and languages-in-education 84
8. 6 Foreign language learning policy in the United Arab Emirates: Local and global agents of change 97
9. 7 National security in language-in-education policy 113
10. 8 A tale of two cities: Religion and language policy in Malaysia and Singapore 129
11. 9 Language policy in business and industry: Between local and global developments 145
12. 10 Translation in journalism: Local practices in multilingual newsflows 163
13. 11 Chasing a phantom: Afrikaans in higher education in the globalisation era 183
14. 12 Local challenges to global needs in English language education in Vietnam: The perspective of language policy and planning 214
15. 13 English-medium instruction and teacher agency in higher education: A case study 234
16. 14 English language education planning for Chinese schools – Multi-level actors at work 251
17. 15 Translation of language policy from pre-school to primary school in Singapore: Multiplayers at work 267
18. 16 Planning uses of Peace Linguistics in second language education 290
19. 17 Language policy: From planning to management 301
20. Index 310