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Language planning and policy (LPP) seeks to understand the complex relations, processes and structures, influencing what languages are spoken when, how, and by whom, as well as the attitudes and values associated with those languages. The field offers ample opportunities both for researchers and practitioners because of its particular focus on understanding the development of top‐down and bottom‐up language policies and implementations as well as their impact on local, national and international levels. Such professionals as teachers, program developers, material and textbook writers, administrators as well as academics working in English Language Teaching (ELT) participate in LPP in various roles.
This seminar aims at providing prospective English teachers with insights and tools to critically analyze the processes involved in LPP, and its connection to ELT with theoretical and practical implications. The seminar will draw comparisons between a range of language planning measures in relation to teaching and learning English in different country contexts. By the end of this seminar, participants will be able to demonstrate a broad understanding of how ELT professionals contribute to language policies, how they promote or resist power relations in ELT classrooms, and how they might affect changes within as well as beyond their immediate contexts. Participants will also engage with theoretical considerations of multilingualism, plurilingualism, translanguaging, language rights, language ideology and language endangerment and examine the direct and indirect impact of English(es) on other languages.
The seminar will take place in a combination of synchronous (Zoom) and asynchronous sessions. Therefore, participants should be available and able to participate in classes during the assigned seminar time. |
