Language Policy from an International Perspective

Seminar: Universitat Pompeu Fabra

January 19, 20, 2015
Room: 40.S03 Roger de Llúria Building, Ciutadella Campus
Time: 03.30 PM to 06.30 PM

Instructor:  Dr. Thomas Ricento, University of Calgary, Canada

In this seminar, we will discuss various aspects of language(s) and language policy with an emphasis on the North American context.  Topics will include:  language ideologies and attitudes;  the effect of official language policies on language minorities in Canada, including language in education policies; conceptualizations of language and language rights in political theory;  the construction of national identity in the U.S.A. and Canada, among other issues.

Suggested Readings:

Ricento, T. (2003). The discursive construction of Americanism. Discourse & Society 14(5): 611-637.

Ricento, T. (2008). Researching historical perspectives on language, education, and ideology, in K. King (ed.), Research Methods in Language and Education (vol. 10), in N. Hornberger (general editor), Encyclopedia of Language and Education (2 ^nd edition). New York: Springer Science and Business Media, Inc. 41-54.

Ricento, T. (2013).  Language policy, ideology and attitudes in English-dominant countries.  In R. Bayley, R. Cameron, and C. Lucas (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics, pp. 525-544.  Oxford:  Oxford University Press.

Ricento, T.  (2013). The consequences of official bilingualism on the status and perception of non-official languages in Canada. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 34(5): 475-489.

Ricento, T. (2014).  Thinking about language:  What political theorists need to know about language in the real world.  Language Policy 13(4), 351-369.

Ricento, T. (2015).  Global dimensions of bilingual and multilingual education: Canada.  In W. Wright, S. Boun, and O. Garcia (Eds.), The Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education, First Edition, pp. 459-470.  New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.