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Direct linkHoleva, Alexandra – International Education Journal, 2004
The paper investigates the perspectives of Greek origin people as regards their intention to maintain their ancestral culture within the Australian context of social values. This qualitative research study, influenced by Humanistic Sociology, analyses data collected through questionnaires from first and second generation parents and teachers of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Cultural Differences, Language Maintenance
Peer reviewedWei, Li – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
Response to an article on multiculturalism and the status of community languages in Australia, focusing on issues of language maintenance and shift emerging from the article and adding examples from other countries. Questions addressed include who is responsible for maintaining community languages, which are maintained, how this is done, and why,…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedJoseph, John E. – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
A response to an article on multiculturalism and the status of community languages in Australia makes a distinction between multilingualism and multiculturalism, and in public policy, between respecting and embracing diverse cultures. Multiculturalism and public attitudes about freedom of speech are also examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Speech
Peer reviewedMay, Stephen – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
Response to an article on multiculturalism and status of community languages in Australia finds three areas in which the author's optimism appears not to be justified: argument that placing economic value on languages automatically works in favor of linguistic minorities; assumption that minority languages all have similar economic value; and…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Economics, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedAger, Dennis – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
A response to an article on multiculturalism and the status of community languages in Australia focuses on the issue of "backlash" against public policy for immigrants, and discusses the link between language planning and social planning. The role of elites and "counterelites," interest and pressure groups, in the successful…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Peer reviewedKelly-Homes, Helen – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
A response to an article on multiculturalism and the status of community languages in Australia argues that efforts to maintain any minority language within immigrant communities should be tempered by critical assessment of what is to be achieved, for whom, and why. The original article's author responds. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedSmith, Dennis – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
A response to an article on multiculturalism and the status of community languages in Australia focuses on three aspects of the article: (1) proposed links between global capitalism, nation-state development, migration, and language policy; (2) the meaning ascribed to "cultural democracy;" and (3) implications of language policy issues…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Democratic Values, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSmolicz, Jerzy J. – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1991
Reviews European Community and Australian language policies. Considers cultural-economic interface in Australia with respect to current interest in teaching Asian languages for trade purposes. Discusses Australia's growing acceptance of languages other than English and its affect on Aboriginal people. Urges the better utilization of the country's…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Peer reviewedSaravanan, Vanithamani – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
A response to an article on multiculturalism and the status of community languages in Australia looks at the situation in Singapore, in which the government created policy supporting development of selected languages, and examines the positive economic consequences of the policy. Effects on educational and manpower policy are also considered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Cultural Pluralism, Economics
Peer reviewedClyne, Michael – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1997
Discusses the status of community languages and school language programs in Australia, amid changing public policy, makes suggestions for managing linguistic diversity, and considers what happens when a community language becomes a desired commodity for the whole population. Considers historical context for development of pluralistic policies in…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
