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Hamel, Rainer Enrique; Álvarez López, Elisa; Carvalhal, Tatiana Pereira – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2016
This article starts with an overview of the sociolinguistic situation in Latin America as a context for language policy and planning (LPP) decisions in the academic field. Then it gives a brief overview of the language policy challenges faced by universities to cope with neoliberal internationalisation. A conceptualisation of the domain as a…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Foreign Countries, Sociolinguistics, Social Capital
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Paciotto, Carla – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2010
On the basis of a ten-month ethnography of a Raramuri school and community, this article contributes to the understanding of the role of sociolinguistic and socioeconomic contexts in creating Indigenous-language maintenance programs. Employing concepts of micro- and macrolevel variables in language endangerment and language vitality scales, it…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Ethnography, Socioeconomic Status, Sociolinguistics
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Patthey-Chavez, G. G. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1994
A discussion of language policy formation and planning in Mexico focuses on its multilingual/multicultural character and covers the following: turn from national integration to ethnic revival; indigenous successes following the Declaration of Patzcuaro; some problems and solutions regarding the current bilingual/bicultural education policy.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Cultural Pluralism