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The Medium-of-Instruction Debate in Turkey: Oscillating between National Ideas and Bilingual Ideals
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Selvi, Ali Fuad – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
Situated at the intersection of sociolinguistic and educational planes, English as a medium-of-instruction debate has always been at the crux of the intense debates, and offers a lens for a systematic investigation of the spread of English in Turkey. As Turkey is moving toward greater integration with the European Union and promoting its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Language Policy in Education and Its Affect in Cyprus Issues on the Development of Identity and Interethnic Relationships
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Karmellou, Christalla – Online Submission, 2008
The paper discusses educational and language policy issues within the context of the Greek Cypriot education as prescribed by the constitutional provisions of the 1960s settlement. In view of the prospect of unification in Cyprus, the author examines the role of language educational policy in future peace building. Key issues regarding ethnic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Public Policy, Sociolinguistics
The Spread of English in Turkey and Its Current Sociolinguistic Profile.
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Dogancay-Aktuna, Seran – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1998
Traces the spread of English in Turkey in its social and historical context and then examines the current sociolinguistic profile of English in this English-as-a-Foreign-Language context by analyzing its functions, range, and depth, through an overview of its role in national education and the job market. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes