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Critical LPP and the Intersection of Class, Race and Language Policy and Practice in Twenty First Century Catalonia
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Block, David; Corona, Victor – Language Policy, 2022
Language policy and planning (LPP) has always drawn on research and scholarship in education as well as the social sciences in general (in particular sociology). Social theory has also figured as an important source of ideas and concepts, and critical LPP has arisen as a distinct strand of inquiry since the 1980s (Tollefson, in Planning language,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Policy, Social Class
Language-Power Relationship, Linguistic Identity and the Struggle for Survival: The Case of Asturian in Oviedo, Spain
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Gubitosi, Patricia; Medina González, Paola – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2022
The analysis of a community's linguistic landscape has proven to be an excellent tool not only in portraying, but also in evaluating and interpreting what languages are used in a single place (and what languages seem to be invisible), what the vitality of any of these languages is, and the relative influence that each linguistic variety within…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spanish Speaking, Language, Power Structure
Shifting the Perception of Languages and Their Status through the Use of Pedagogical Translanguaging as a Tool to Increase Language Awareness
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Oihana Leonet; Eider Saragueta; Eli. Arocena – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2024
The objective of the study is to explore the possibilities of pedagogical translanguaging as a strategy to develop critical language awareness among a group of primary school students from the Basque Autonomous Community (Spain). The study is part of a broader ethnographically based research project, which was developed over two school years in…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Metalinguistics, Teaching Methods, Language Usage
Translating Non-Canonised Texts from a Minority Culture into a Hegemonic Culture: A Case Study in Catalonia
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Borrell Carreras, Helena – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
This paper explores the translation of non-canonised literature from a minority culture (Catalan) into a hegemonic culture (Spanish). In particular, it focuses on the ideological and sociocultural factors which lead the translator to purge the translation of idiosyncratic elements pertaining to the source culture. The aim is to show that the…
Descriptors: Translation, Spanish, Romance Languages, Cultural Traits
Medium of Instruction Ideologies: Accommodation of Multilingualism in the Bilingual Regime of Navarre
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Erdocia, Iker – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2019
The management of bilingualism in the Spanish autonomous community of Navarre is a source of tension. The implementation of English medium of instruction in the public educational system has clashed with attempts to break with the linguistic territoriality regime by promoting Basque schooling. This paper brings together ideologies on English and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Spanish, Language of Instruction, Languages
Minoritisation, Identity, and Ethnolinguistic Vitality in Catalonia.
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Atkinson, David – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2000
Suggests that language planning and policies that seek to protect the interests of linguistic minorities must be based on a realistic analysis of power relations that exist between the groups concerned. Argues that such an assessment is complex and exemplifies some of the difficulties involved through reference to the situation in Catalonia,…
Descriptors: Ethnolinguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Minorities, Language Planning