Language policy and political issues in education
Language policy and political issues in education
复制标题
教育中的语言政策和政治问题
DOI：
10.1007/978-3-319-02344-1
复制
发表时间：
1997
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
D. Corson
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
R. Wodak;D. Corson
摘要中东和北非(MENA)的语言教育政策是一套复杂的规范、信仰和做法，深深植根于该地区的历史。尽管表面上看起来是一致的，但中东和北非地区在经济、宗教和语言上存在差异。中东和北非的语言政策应该放在长期殖民统治和传统上反对殖民主义和外国干预的背景下来理解。讨论了该地区语言政策(LP)的三个主要方面：双语症，它涉及高级标准语言和本地口语之间相对严格的分离；阿拉伯化，这是扭转殖民主义语言后果的历史过程，用阿拉伯语取代西方殖民语言；最后，语言少数群体、多种语言和语言教育问题，这对该地区的语言政策构成了重大挑战。在讨论了实地目前的问题之后，讨论了实地正在进行的工作和今后的方向，具体讨论了该区域一些地区的政治不稳定问题，以及在语言意识形态经常发生冲突的情况下改进和研究语言政策的挑战。特别注意如何使语言政策变得更加民主和包容，如何执行和监测新的语言政策举措，某些政策的潜在经济价值，以及研究语言政策与宗教之间联系的重要性。
Abstract Language education policy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a complex set of norms, beliefs, and practices deeply rooted in the history of the region. Despite the appearance of uniformity, the MENA region is marked by economic, religious, and linguistic differences. Language policies in MENA are to be understood against the background of prolonged colonial rule and the traditional opposition to colonialism and foreign intervention. Three major aspects of language policy (LP) in the region are discussed: diglossia, which involves the relatively rigid separation between the high, standard language and the native, colloquial one; Arabization, which is the historical process of reversing the linguistic consequences of colonialism, substituting Western colonial languages with Arabic; and, finally, issues of linguistic minorities, multilingualism, and language education, which pose significant challenges to language policy in the region. Following the discussion of current issues in the field, a discussion of work in progress and future directions in the field specifically addresses the issues of political instability in some parts of the region and the challenges of improving and researching language policy in contexts where language ideologies often clash. Particular attention is given to ways in which language policy can become more democratic and inclusive, the way new language policy initiatives can be executed and monitored, the potential economic value of certain policies, and the importance of research on the links between language policy and religion.