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• Book ID: 102288114
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 22 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1056-7941
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1949-3533.1999.tb00199.x

✦ Synopsis

English in the world and the world in English; Selma Sonntag tackles the complexities of official language movements. Other essays range wider, including Nancy Hornberger on Quechua language planning in Peru, Thomas Donahue on U.S. policies and compensatory opinion, Ofelia García on Spanish language loss, Brian Bullivant on ideological influences, Marilyn Martin-Jones and Mukul Saxena on supporting or contain-ing bilingualism, and Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo and David Welchman Gegeo on language and power in the Solomon Islands. These studies are most specifically addressed to graduate students in linguistics and in language teaching, but the major themes will be of critical interest to classroom teachers and school policy makers as well. These themes include (among others) the various types of power connected to language teaching, the ways that language policies reflect power struggles, the need to examine English teaching in the context of English as a world language, and the need for a critical self-examination within the field of applied linguistics. As a whole, the collection presents an international view of linguistics and policy, power, and inequality, with an appeal for teachers and students to work together for more equality and better conditions. American Association for Applied Linguistics (a professional organization of teachers, researchers, and linguists) http:// www.aaal.org

The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Web site includes extensive information about the organization, its conferences, and its mission. Although language policy matters are not the primary focus on this site, the information here serves as a link to other sites, policyrelated issues, and major research efforts in the field of language and linguistics.

Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) http:// carla.acad.umn.edu/intercultural.html

This center at the University of Minnesota is one of several National Language Resource Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The CARLA Web site contains information on many language-related issues, including materials on language planning, culture, and language learning.

Center for Applied Linguistics (a leading research center that maintains an extensive

Web site) http:// www.cal.org/public/topics/pubpol.html This site is devoted to public policy issues and includes topics such as Heritage Language Initiative, Immigrant Education, and Research Agendas. There are also links to related sites. Dan Grove's personal Web site. (Grove is a graduate student at the University of Washington) http:// weber.u.washington.edu/~cdgrove/ LanguagePolicy.html

This site provides a thorough, easy-to-access archive of approximately 190 speeches made in Congress between April 27, 1989 (e.g., S.I. Hayakawa's proposed amendment to make English the official language) and July 1, 1996. Grove plans to add transcripts from committee hearings held on the Official English issue in Congress. In addition, he will include parts (or all) of his dissertation on this topic. James Crawford's Language Policy Web Site & Emporium (An independent writer and lecturer, Crawford is a former Washington editor of Education Week.