Language policy : dominant english, pluralist challenges

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"Think globally, act locally", is the manssage of Language Policy: Dominant, Pluralist, Challenges. The book examines the impact of English in countries in wich it is taken for granted-Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. It explores how the dominance of English impacts on the development of national language policies, the maintenance of minority languages, the ability to provide services in other languages, the efforts to promote first language and bilingual education programs, and the opportunities for adult and child second language and literacy training. The book examines language and language-in-education policies in these countries and the extent to wich English influences some polices or prelude others. It explores the viability of a statement on national language policies that could be adopted by the International Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages [TESOL] organization as statement of principles.