[lg policy] PhD. Programs

Wed Mar 17 15:22:25 UTC 2010

It's somewhat marginalised in the UK too. Some universities take it 
seriously, e.g. Southampton and SOAS, but still hosted within 
overarching linguistics departments. (The Birmingham link was news to me 
- good news!)

I co-designed a 'sociology of language' joint honours undergraduate 
syllabus at Essex, and that was difficult enough even though it 
consisted solely of existing courses in sociology and linguistics, so I 
don't pity anyone trying to establish language policy courses in earnest!

My suspicion is that it's a recruitment issue, because language policy 
has no clear representation in pre-undergraduate education (A-levels 
etc.) making it hard to attract students.

Dave

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On 19:59, Harold Schiffman wrote:
> The problem, as I see it, is that the study of language policy is not
> central in any
> academic discipline, be it political science, linguistics, sociology,
> education, or whatever.
> It is always on the margin of whatever the major discipline focuses on, and even
> creating an interdisciplinary program, with contributors from various
> departments,
> is problematical.  In the American cultural context, to complicate
> things, multilingualism
> is IMHO devalued, seen as problematical and exceptional, and swept
> under the rug.
>
> H. Schiffman
>
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Serafin Coronel-Molina
> <scoronelmolina at gmail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> Dear Colleagues:
>>
>> Greetings from Bloomington, Indiana. It would interesting and necessary to
>> compile a list of Master or/and Ph.D. Programs in Language Policy and
>> Planning in the United States and around the world. I have not found any
>> program in the US. In my opinion, LPP is such a huge field of study that
>> needs to have its own program at universities. Just a thought.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Serafin
>>
>> Serafin M. Coronel-Molina
>> Assistant Professor of Language Education
>> Indiana University, Bloomington
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 6:22 AM, Christopher Kennedy
>> <C.J.KENNEDY at bham.ac.uk>  wrote:
>>      
>>> Richard
>>> Same as Joe
>>> We offer MA with options in language policy
>>> PhD both campus and distance modes with language policy a supervision
>>> topic
>>> Best
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> Chris Kennedy
>>> CELS
>>> University of Birmingham
>>> UK
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>>> [lgpolicy-list-bounces at groups.sas.upenn.edu] On Behalf Of Joseph Lo Bianco
>>> [j.lobianco at unimelb.edu.au]
>>> Sent: 16 March 2010 03:30
>>> To: Language Policy List
>>> Subject: RE: [lg policy] PhD. Programs
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> We don’t have ‘graduate programs’ offering PhD’s in the taught mode used
>>> in North America.  We have a thesis only program over 3 years full time, 6
>>> years part time.  Here at Melbourne there are Masters level subjects on
>>> language planning (I am teaching one this evening in fact) but for PhD
>>> studies we have students enrolled under supervision doing theses on various
>>> language planning themes, either wholly or in part.  For example, among my
>>> PhD students at present one is doing her PhD on language planning in
>>> education in East Timor, another on Cambodia and the effects of foreign
>>> assistance on language choices,  one each on Malaysia and China.
>>>
>>> I hope this is of some use. Joe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> NEW BOOKS
>>> Lo Bianco, Orton and Gao, (2009), China and English: Globalisation and
>>> Dilemmas of Identity.  UK: Multilingual Matters
>>>
>>> Lo Bianco, J. (2009), Second Languages and Australian Schooling.
>>>   Australian Council for Educational Research
>>> ********************************************
>>> Joseph Lo Bianco, AM, FAHA, FACE
>>> Professor of Language and Literacy Education
>>> Associate Dean (Global Engagement)
>>> President, Australian Academy of the Humanities
>>> Melbourne Graduate School of Education
>>> The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010 VIC Australia
>>> Tel: +613 8344 8346
>>> Fax:+613 8344 8612
>>> MOB: 0407 798 978
>>> EMAIL: j.lobianco at unimelb.edu.au
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>>> On Behalf Of Weiner, Richard
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 16 March 2010 2:20 PM
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>>> Subject: [lg policy] PhD. Programs
>>>
>>> All:
>>>
>>> What graduate schools offer a PhD. in Language Policy and Planning?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Richard E. Weiner
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