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Social and Behavioral Sciences
Technological University Dublin
CALL: Irish Journal for Culture, Arts, Literature and Language
Ireland; Language Policy; English-speaking world; multicultural; foreign language acquisition; bilingualism
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Can Language Policy Make Multiculturalism Work?, Una Carthy
Can Language Policy Make Multiculturalism Work?, Una Carthy
CALL: Irish Journal for Culture, Arts, Literature and Language
Researchers in the field of language policy have disagreed as to the effectiveness of language policy; some experts would claim that language simply cannot be managed. Drawing on international case studies, this paper will explore how effective language policy might work in multilingual societies. Interestingly, the dominance of English as a world language is quoted as an example of both language management success and failure. On the one hand, English is perceived as being a threat to indigenous languages which are portrayed as endangered species; on the other, the hegemony of English as a world language is perceived as a …