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ItemLanguage teaching and learning: choice, pedagogy, rationale and goals.(AFMLTA, 2009)In his examination of successful innovation and change in education in many settings, Fullan (2001) identifies the three broad options for effecting change that public authorities have at their disposal. They can seek to bring about change through imposing accountability (system-wide or targeted), or through providing incentives (either "negatively" as pressure or "positively" as support), or they can direct their attention towards "capacity-building" for key agents in the field being addressed, such as teachers, schools or universities. The review of Australian language policy shows that rarely has there been a consistent process of building on previous innovation and rarely are these three meta-strategies of accountability, incentives and capacity-building used in the judicious combination which is most likely to succeed. A central feature of education policy making is the critical, professional role of teachers and it would be to this that a capacity-building approach would be directed. This article discusses choice, pedagogy, rationale and goals in language teaching and learning. Key values and aspirations for proficiency in languages other than English relevant to the Australian context are also explored.
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ItemLanguage teaching and learning: Some hard decisions.(AFMLTA, 2009)In his examination of successful innovation and change in education in many settings, Fullan (2001) identifies the three broad options for effecting change that public authorities have at their disposal. They can seek to bring about change through imposing accountability (system-wide or targeted), or through providing incentives (either ‘negatively’as pressure or ‘positively’as support), or they can direct their attention towards ‘capacity-building’for key agents in the field being addressed, such as teachers, schools or universities. It is exceedingly difficult to combine accountability, incentives, and capacity-building, as evidenced by the fact that no government has ever done it effectively. It is complex and there are in-built tensions. It is easy to err in providing too much or too little control.
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ItemCRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS (CDA) AND LANGUAGE PLANNING (LP): CONSTRAINTS AND APPLICATIONS OF THE CRITICAL IN LANGUAGE PLANNING(NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, INC, 2009)
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ItemContrasting and Comparing Minority Language Policy: Europe and Australia(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2007)
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ItemThe importance of language policies and multilingualism for cultural diversity(Wiley, 2010-03-01)The article addresses the contribution of multilingualism to cultural diversity and the importance of explicit, comprehensive and public language planning to secure a stronger future for endangered indigenous and immigrant languages. It is critically important to develop language policies that ensure the access of minority populations to prestigious forms of national standard languages and literacies while supporting the intergenerational retention of minority languages, both indigenous and immigrant languages. These twin objectives are complementary but require a more expert practice of language planning. The multilingualism which is advocated aims to be nationally cohesive, economically productive and socially just. An enhanced practice of intervention on behalf of multilingualism is discussed in sections devoted to the mechanisms and activity of language policy‐making. Contemporary globalisation is a challenge for language diversity but in some ways makes the intergenerational retention of diverse languages more feasible than under conditions of strict assimilation as practiced by linguistically defined nation‐states. Also potentially supportive of multilingualism are the voice‐based communication technologies that overcome the tyranny of distance and dispersal, and promise access to information, communication and solidarity for preliterate groups or those that have limited literacy. The roles of language in memory and cultural production underscore how central language in its various genres is to culture. As a result, efforts to appreciate and foster human differences require awareness of the importance of multilingualism. The endangered state of many of the world's languages and the now almost universal phenomenon of multiculturalism make the practice of language planning a central instrument for states, international agencies and non‐governmental bodies.
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ItemLanguage Planning as Applied Linguistics(Wiley, 2008-01-21)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableReview: The changing face of electoral politics in Sri Lanka (1994-2004) by L. Jayasuriya(Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, 2005)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableUsing information and communication technologies in adult literacy education: New practices, new challenges(National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 2005)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableAsian languages in Australian schools: Policy options(The University of Melbourne, 2005)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableCollaboration and Innovation in the Provision of Languages Other Than English in Australian Universities(Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne, 2006)