This book addresses the importance of language in matters of sustainability and incorporating such concerns in implementing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sustainable language policy must aim to include all groups, including language minorities and marginalized populations, such as refugees and aid recipients, in conditions that allow for their inclusion in making and implementing policy. The book brings together nine studies covering such topics as language and digital resources, sustainable and inclusive multilingual education, national language policy, and language in peacekeeping operations. A final chapter addresses the crucial intersection between sociolinguistics and economics, and the implications of this for development and the SDGs.
Author(s): Lisa J. McEntee-Atalianis, Humphrey Tonkin
Series: Language Policy, 32
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 204
City: Cham
Series Editor’s Foreword
LANGUAGE POLICY BOOK SERIES: OUR AIMS AND APPROACH
Contents
Introduction: Diversity of Language, Unity of Purpose
References
Language and the Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges to Language Policy and Planning
1 The Invisibility of Language in UN Discourse
2 Ethnicity and Indigeneity: Avoiding Accountability
3 Devolved Agency in Sustainable Language Planning
4 Language, Capabilities and Social Protection Floors
5 Conclusion
References
Language, Digital Resources and the Sustainable Development Goals
1 Aims
2 The Global Public Sphere, Civil Society and the Private Sector
3 Linguistic and Digital Challenges Facing the United Nations in its Public Information and Outreach Work
4 Critical Review
4.1 A Tri-Sectoral Communication Network Strategy for Information Transfer
5 Conclusion
References
Sustainable Multilingual Education
1 Language and Development
2 Language and Development Goals
3 Education 2030 Framework for Action
4 Examples of Multilingual Perspectives on Quality Education
4.1 Global Education Monitoring Report
4.2 UN Entities
4.3 International Mother Language Day
5 Discussion and Conclusion: Towards Sustainable Multilingual Education
Appendix
References
The Sustainability of Multilingualism from Home to Pre-school Contexts: Three Case Studies from Europe
1 The Early Childhood Education and Care Sector in Europe
2 Research on Multilingualism in the ECEC Sector
3 Sustaining Multilingualism in the Family: An Example from the Basque Autonomous Country (BAC)
4 Maintenance of a Regional Minority Language Versus Sustainability of Bi/Multilingualism in the Home and in Pre-schools: The Case of Irish
5 The New Plurilingual Plan for ECEC in Luxembourg
6 Conclusion: Multilingualism and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
References
Realising Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education in South Africa: Achievements and Obstacles on the Language in Education Front
1 Inclusivity, Equitability and Quality as SDG Goals
2 Policy and Curriculum Initiatives
3 How the Department of Basic Education Monitors Progress
3.1 The Status of the Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT) in South African Public Schools: A Quantitative Overview (DBE, 2010)
3.2 Integrated Strategic Planning Framework for Teacher Education and Development in South Africa: 2011–2025 (DBE & DHET, 2011)
3.3 National Education and Evaluation Development Unit (NEEDU) Reports
3.4 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2018: South Africa Country Report (DBE, 2018)
3.5 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examination Results and Diagnostic Reports
3.6 A 25-Year Review of Progress in the Basic Education Sector (DBE, 2019d)
3.7 Action Plan to 2024: Towards the Realisation of Schooling 2030 (DBE, 2020)
4 Conclusions
References
In Pursuit of Sustainable Educational Development: The Philippines and the English Dilemma
1 Americanisation
2 Wavering Policies
3 The Multilingual Pivot
4 The War on Filipino
5 The Economics of English
6 Pushing Forward
References
Primary and Secondary Language Use in Peacekeeping and Stabilization Operations: A Preliminary to Sustainability
1 Mapping Conflicts in Blue, Red and Green
2 Transitions and Ministerial Advisors
3 Examples of Military Language Use
3.1 Unrecognized Languages and Unintentional Slights
4 Lingua Franca as Secondary Use
5 Conclusion
References
The Connections Between Sociolinguistics and Economics, and Their Implications for Sustainability
1 Language Economics and Causal Explanations
2 The Conceptualization of Language in Economics: A Tendency to Oversimplify?
2.1 Named Languages
2.2 Diversity as Fragmentation
2.3 A Problem of Scale: “Multi” Vs. “Pluri”
2.4 About Interlinguistic Distance
2.5 On the Uneasy (Dis-) entanglement of Language and Culture
3 Which “Economic” Outcomes Are We Talking About?
3.1 Misunderstood Economics
3.2 The Language-as-Currency Fallacy
3.3 Development Economics or Regional Economics?
3.4 The Limitations of Ethnographic Approaches to Language at Work
4 Conclusion: The Quest for Explanatory Perspectives
References
Afterword: A Dedication
Index
