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Peer reviewedCrowley, Terry – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994
Results of a study of language ability from the first census in the republic of Vanuatu in Melanesia are reported. They show that it is necessary to consider a wide range of demographic information to be able to estimate how many people speak a particular vernacular. (Contains 12 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cultural Pluralism, Demography, Dialects
Peer reviewedvan Langevelde, Ab – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
The consequences of migration for the position of the Frisian language in the Netherlands are analyzed. An annual model is presented that can estimate the effect of extraprovincial migration on the number of people speaking Frisian at home. (Contains 31 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Demography, Dutch, Foreign Countries, Language Usage
Download full textBasque Autonomous Community, Vitoria (Spain). General Secretariat of Linguistic Policy. – 1989
Sociolinguistic data are presented in the form of sophisticated maps and tables in this pioneering study on the status of the Basque language. Based on information collected from the 1986 census, the major demographic characteristics of Basque are examined in order to ascertain the factors and processes that have contributed to its current status.…
Descriptors: Basque, Demography, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance
Minguez, Maria Luisa Garcia; Baidak, Nathalie; Harvey, Angelika – 2001
This book is an appraisal of the teaching of foreign languages in the 29 European countries taking part in the Socrates program. It contains a detailed analysis of the way teaching is organized, the approaches and content of curricula, arrangements for the recruitment and training of teachers, and the initiatives developed within the education…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
