Mapping Language Ideologies

Ajšić, Adnan; McGroarty, Mary

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“…Here, language policies are shaped by language beliefs and ideologies, through which individuals can become socialised in during participation in cultural activities (e.g. Ajsic & McGroarty, 2015). Language ideologies can become so entrenched that they come to be seen as 'natural' or 'common sense', masking the structural processes which work to create and perpetuate them.…”

Section: The Standard Language Ideology In Policy and Practicementioning

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‘Say it like the Queen’: the standard language ideology and language policy making in English primary schools

Cushing

2020

Language, Culture and Curriculum

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This article presents an analysis of the standard language ideology within a corpus of school-designed language policy documents from 264 primary schools in England. It examines the processes by which standard language ideological concepts (e.g. 'Standard English', 'correctness', 'hegemony') get textually manifested in school policies, and how these are intertextually and interdiscursively shaped by the broader educational policy context that teachers work in, notably the large-scale curriculum and assessment reforms of National Curriculum 2014. Using tools and methods from critical language policy, I reveal how new meanings emerge in the machinery of the policy-making process and at the contact points between policy levels. I trace how the standard language ideology within government policies gets reconstructed in school policies, with an emphasis on linguistic 'correctness' and the near-exclusive requirement for students and teachers to use standardised English in speech and writing. I discuss policies of surveillance, whereby teachers are discursively constructed and positioned as standard language 'role models': as powerful and authoritative figures who are granted a license to police, regulate and suppress their students' language, whilst also having their own language controlled and monitored. Finally, I argue for the place of critical language awareness within the policy-making process at school level.

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Section: The Standard Language Ideology In Policy and Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

‘Say it like the Queen’: the standard language ideology and language policy making in English primary schools

Cushing

2020

Language, Culture and Curriculum

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“…However, more recently nascent work on language ideology has employed corpus linguistics (e.g. Ajsic and McGroarty, 2015;Author 2016;Fitzsimmons-Doolan, 2014Subtirelu, 2013). The corpus approach allows researchers to access and process large amounts of data, thereby enabling them to identify majority trends in metalinguistic representation, as well as minority trends and absences (all of which are considered ideological; Author 2016).…”

Section: Language Ideology and Language Policymentioning

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Mapping the language ideologies of organisational members: a corpus linguistic investigation of the United Nations’ General Debates (1970–2016)

McEntee-Atalianis

Vessey

2020

Lang Policy

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Supranational and international organisations have long experienced difficulties in implementing multilingual policies, and this is, in part, due to a lack of activism on language matters by their membership (Author, forthcoming; Kruse & Ammon, 2018). The aim of this paper is not only to highlight the importance of investigating language ideology within the field of organisational language policy, but also to scrutinise the language ideologies particular to an influential body of institutional members. Using the United Nations as a site of exploration, and the UN General Debates Corpus (Mikhaylov, Baturo and Dasandi, 2017) as a dataset, this paper traces if and how issues of language have preoccupied the deliberations and work of UN member states over the course of 46 years, and if these discussions align with organisational policy. Using corpus linguistics, the paper maps the ideological landscape and language policy discourses across time, identifying a paucity of discussion over almost five decades. The paper argues that attention to the absence of references to language problems/language policy in the organisation is just as important as an exploration of language problems themselves. If organisations wish to make changes to language policies, and/or prioritise policy implementation, they would do well to attend more closely to the language ideologies of their membership and/or to reasons for their apparent inattention to language issues.

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“…Assuming that language ideologies embody as well as are embodied by language policies (Ajsic & McGroarty, 2015), this investigation focuses on possibilities of deconstruction and reinforcement of the native-speakerism ideology (Holliday, 2015) in EwB.…”

Section: Passoni T P | Native-speakerism and English Without Bordementioning

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Native-speakerism and English without Borders Program: investigating language ideologies through a language policy

Passoni

2017

Braz. Engl. Lang. Teach. J.

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English without Borders (EwB) is a Brazilian government-sponsored Program created to enhance linguistic proficiency of potential candidates for outward mobility. Assuming that language ideologies embody as well as are embodied by language policies, this paper aims at examining the native-speakerism ideology. It draws on texts comprising instances of enactment and interpretations of EwB in addition to evidences posed by decisions arising from its implementation to examine how native-speakerism is positioned through the Program. Building on critical language policy approach, it employs critical discourse analysis resources to investigate how native-speakerism is challenged or reinforced by the agenda implemented by EwB. Evidences point to the overlapping of deconstructing and corroborating perspectives, especially regarding local interpretations posed by the Language Center coordinators whose considerations about the linguistic diversity of English are marked by ambivalent thoughts on the issue. The coexistence of such tensions indicates the pervasive nature of native-speakerism concerning English in Brazil.Keywords: English without Borders; language policy; internationalization; English language; language ideologies. Falantes-nativos e o Programa Inglês sem Fronteiras: investigando ideologias linguísticas através de políticas linguísticas RESUMOO Inglês sem Fronteiras (IsF) é um programa do governo brasileiros criado para melhorar a proficiência linguística de potenciais candidatos à mobilidade internacional. Considerando que a ideologia linguística incorpora assim como é incorporada por políticas linguísticas, esse artigo tem por objetivo examinar a ideologia do falante-nativo. Essa pesquisa faz uso de textos contendo instâncias de promulgação e interpretações do IsF além de evidencias postas por decisões surgindo a partir de implementação do Programa para examinar como falantes nativos são postos através do programa. A partir da abordagem de políticas linguísticas crítica, a análise crítica do discurso é empregada para investigar como falantes nativos são desafiados e reforçados pela agenda implementada no IsF. Evidencias, apontam para a sobreposição de perspectivas de desconstrução e corroboração, especialmente considerando interpretações locais postas pelos coordenadores dos núcleos, cujas considerações sobre a diversidade linguística de língua inglesa são marcadas por ideias ambivalentes dessa questão. A coexistência dessas tensões indica a natureza pervasiva de falantes-nativos relativa ao inglês no Brasil. Palavras-chave:Inglês sem Fronteiras; políticas linguísticas; internacionalização; língua inglesa; ideologias linguísticas.

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Mapping Language Ideologies

Cited by 23 publications

References 34 publications

‘Say it like the Queen’: the standard language ideology and language policy making in English primary schools

‘Say it like the Queen’: the standard language ideology and language policy making in English primary schools

Mapping the language ideologies of organisational members: a corpus linguistic investigation of the United Nations’ General Debates (1970–2016)

Native-speakerism and English without Borders Program: investigating language ideologies through a language policy

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