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Higgins, Christina – Language Teaching, 2015
This paper examines how flows of people, media, money, technology, and ideologies move through the world, with attention to how these scapes (Appadurai 1990, 1996, 2013) shape identity construction among language learners, both in and out of classrooms. After illustrating intersecting scapes in sociolinguistic terms, I explore the relevance of…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Working Class, Secondary School Students
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Brenzinger, Matthias; Heinrich, Patrick – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2013
Some 40 years ago, language transmission in Hawai'i was interrupted among Hawaiians across all islands with the sole exception of language maintenance among a small community on the tiny, isolated Ni'ihau Island. Today, Hawaiian has returned as spoken and written medium with some 5000-7000 new speakers. The present paper provides an up-to-date…
Descriptors: Malayo Polynesian Languages, Language Maintenance, Sociolinguistics, Networks