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Harmony as Language Policy in China: An Internet Perspective
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Wang, Xuan; Juffermans, Kasper; Du, Caixia – Language Policy, 2016
This paper provides an ethnographic understanding of harmony as language policy in China, grounded in a historical analysis of "harmony" ([character omitted] "he") as a distinct traditional Chinese (Confucian) ideal that gradually finds its new expressions through the policy of Harmonious Society ([characters omitted]…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Language Usage, Social Influences
Mandarin Chinese in London Education: Language Aspirations in a Working-Class Secondary School
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Pérez-Milans, Miguel – Language Policy, 2015
As the Council of Europe is shifting its traditional focus on learning European languages towards emphasizing the importance of speaking other languages of the wider world, an increasing number of schools are offering Mandarin as part of their official curriculum in the United Kingdom. This is being financially supported by…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Working Class, Confucianism, Foreign Countries
Invisible and Visible Language Planning: Ideological Factors in the Family Language Policy of Chinese Immigrant Families in Quebec
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Curdt-Christiansen, Xiao Lan – Language Policy, 2009
This ethnographic inquiry examines how family languages policies are planned and developed in ten Chinese immigrant families in Quebec, Canada, with regard to their children's language and literacy education in three languages, Chinese, English, and French. The focus is on how multilingualism is perceived and valued, and how these three languages…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Literacy Education, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries