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Publication details [#60527]

Willans, Fiona. 2015. Traces of globalised discourses within and around spaces for multilingualism: prospects for education policy change in Vanuatu. Current Issues in Language Planning 16 (1,2) : 97–113.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

colonialism | language dominance | language of instruction | language policy | multilingualism

Language as a subject

Bislama | English | French

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study explores how language-in-education policy-making during 30 years of independence in Vanuatu has failed to make space for a fit multilingual education, as the former colonial languages still prevail, drawing on analyses of broader socio-economic and historico-political contexts.