The Language Requirement Outside the Academic Setting: The Case of the Basque Administration.

Martinez-Arbelaiz, Asun

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ERIC Number: EJ537740

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Publication Date: 1996

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The Language Requirement Outside the Academic Setting: The Case of the Basque Administration.

Martinez-Arbelaiz, Asun

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v17 n5 p360-72 1996

Discusses the Basque Government's policy requiring its employees to learn the minority, co-official language. Presents reasons for the plan's deficiency, including a lack of incentives for workers, and points to a more comprehensive plan for Basquisation. (16 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Basque, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government Employees, Language Attitudes, Language Planning, Language Proficiency, Models, Official Languages, Private Schools, Public Schools, Spanish, Testing, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Spain

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