Title: Language policy : hidden agendas and new approaches /
Authors: Shohamy, Elana Goldberg.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Language policy.; Language and education.; Language awareness
Abstract: Elana Shohamy looks at language policies, how they are implemented and the hidden agendas which often lie behind them, drawing on examples from the US and UK showing what the consequences are for the people involved.
Contents: 1. Expanding language -- 2. Manipulating languages -- 3. Expanding language policy -- 4. Rules and regulations -- 5. Language education policies -- 6. Language tests -- 7. Language in the public space -- 8. Consequences -- 9. Reactions -- Epilogue : language as a free commodity.