Section: Language Planning | Linguistics | UDBKM

Section outline

The course introduces the main concepts, types, and practices of organised language management in multilingual societies. It defines language planning, distinguishes between status, corpus, and acquisition planning, and examines the role of language ideologies and orientations in shaping decisions.

Objectives

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

Define language planning and situate it within the broader field of sociolinguistics.

Distinguish between status, corpus, and acquisition planning, and provide illustrative examples of each.

Analyse how language ideologies and orientations influence language planning goals and decisions.

Explain the main ways language planning operates in education, particularly in relation to medium of instruction and bilingual/ multilingual policies.
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  The Structure of the Course
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  The Content of the Course
  
  Select activity Language Planning
  
  Language Planning File
  
  Students are asked to read the file to understand Language Planning and is types
  
  Select activity Forum about the Seventh Course
  
  Forum about the Seventh Course
  
  This forum is constructed for students to ask their own questions about Language planning, seeking for clarification.
  
  Select activity The Seventh Course Assessment
  
  The Seventh Course Assessment Quiz
  
  Students are required to answer the questions about Language Planning