Tag: language policy
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Notes from a Book Presentation: Language Politics in Tunisia
A reflection on presenting Language Politics in Tunisia and what Tunisia’s linguistic ecology reveals about language, identity and power.
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LocalLing, Week 2
An overview of the second week of the LocalLing meeting in Volos (9th – 12th March 2026). Learning new things, enjoying a book presentation, and taking part in a linguistic landscape walk!
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Every Language Is Someone’s World: Reflections on International Mother Language Day 2026
On International Mother Language Day, the real question is not which language we speak first, but what kinds of linguistic worlds we choose to protect.
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Launching the Revitalisation of Linguistic Diversity & Cultural Heritage (LocalLing) project
LocalLing is a four-year international project bringing together researchers and educators from four continents to study, teach, and support local and heritage languages in socially just ways.
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Silence, Power, and Language Policy in Higher Education
Language policy in higher education is rarely neutral. This post explores how unspoken assumptions about language reproduce power and inequality, and why universities need to be more intentional.
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Emergency Language Policy in Greece: Notes From a Decade of Crisis
Greece’s Emergency Language Policy offered rapid, support for refugee learners, yet its ad hoc design and monolingual assumptions limited deeper transformation in language education.
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European Day of Languages 2025: What Are We Really Celebrating?
Beyond posters and slogans, what does the European Day of Languages really mean? This post reflects on how we might move from symbolic recognition to genuinely sustaining the plurality of voices that shape contemporary Europe.
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Language Policy in Higher Education
WORKSHOP: Universities are sites where local languages, standard national languages, and English as a global language come into contact. What does this mean in terms of language policy?
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Non-Native Speakers of English need not apply
As the profession moves away from obsolete beliefs about the perceived advantages of ‘nativeness’, the University of Athens continues to discriminate.