[lg policy] Re:resources on language and powee

Sat Oct 15 03:14:13 UTC 2016

Dear all,
I am searching for resources on the interrelationship between language and
power especially in the Indian context.
Could someone help in this?
Regards
Dr.Deepak Pawar
Assistant Professor
Dept.of Civics and Politics
University of Mumbai,Maharashtra,India

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> From: "Johnson, David C" <david-c-johnson at uiowa.edu>
> Subject: [lg policy] Job: Postdoctoral position in EL Education at
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> Position https://jobs.uiowa.edu/jobSearch/postdoc/
> A Postdoctoral scholar position is open in the Department of Teaching and
Learning in the area of English Language Learner education to work in the
federally funded project, ACCEL in Iowa (Advocacy, Capacity, Collaboration
for English Learners). This project focuses on professional development for
teachers (in-service and pre-service) in the areas of (a) language support
in content area instruction, (b) dual language education/home language
support, and (c) parental, family, and community engagement. The candidate
will work with project co-directors to develop programming, provide
instruction, and conduct/disseminate research in the ACCEL project.
>
> Education Requirement
> Candidates must have a PhD in ELL/ESL/TESOL education, Applied
Linguistics, or related field.
>
> Required Qualification
> Three years of relevant experience with English Language Learners in K-12
settings
>
> Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
>
> Willingness to take on leadership roles
>
> Excellent written and verbal communication skills
>
> Applications
> To apply for this position, go to our website at
https://jobs.uiowa.edu/jobSearch/postdoc/ and choose requisition number
2262. Applicants must create a login for the jobs.uiowa.edu system.
Candidates will submit:
> (1)    letter of interest
> (2)    current curriculum vitae
> (3)    writing sample (journal publication or thesis with methods
chapter/section)
> (4)    names of 3 professional references.
>
> Screening:
> Review of applications will begin November 1, 2016 and continue until the
position is filled.
>
>
>
>
> David Cassels Johnson, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor, Foreign Language and ESL Education
>
> COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
> University of Iowa
> 240 Lindquist Center North
> Iowa City, IA 52242-1529
> (319) 335-6175
> http://www2.education.uiowa.edu/directories/person?id=dcjhnson
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> Subject: [glottopol] appel à contribution 30 : le plurilinguisme en
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> La revue Glottopol lance un nouvel appel à contribution :
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> Numéro 30 : ****Le plurilinguisme en contextes asiatiques : dynamiques et
> articulations****
> Numéro coordonné par Fabienne Leconte, Vasumathi Badrinathan, Gilles
Forlot
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> les textes sont à envoyer pour le 30 avril 2017 (selon les modalités
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> Subject: [lg policy] The Belarusian language in education: a reluctant
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> The Belarusian language in education: a reluctant revival?
>
> Ryhor Astapenia <http://belarusdigest.com/category/author/ryhor-astapenia>
14
> October 2016
> Ў is a letter that exists only in Belarusian; it is often used as a symbol
> of the language.
>
> On 7 October, Alexander Lukashenka criticised education officials for the
> lack of Belarusian language instruction in schools. According to him,
> “because of amateurs in the Ministry of Education, it has come to the
point
> where pupils have six English classes per week, but only two of Belarusian
> language”.
>
> Such a statement may come as a surprise, given that Lukashenka is largely
> responsible for Belarus's longstanding policy of Russification. In 1994,
> when Lukashenka became president, three-quarters of Belarusian school
> children studied in Belarusian, compared to only 13.7% now. In
> universities, the number of students who study in Belarusian is a mere
0.1%.
>
> The authorities are currently changing their policy towards the Belarusian
> language. The appointment of Alena
> <http://belarusprofile.com/en/profile/anisim-aliena>Anisim
> <http://belarusprofile.com/en/profile/anisim-aliena> of the Belarusian
> Language Society to the Parliament shows that the Belarusian authorities
do
> favour gradual measures promoting Belarusian. However, these measures may
> not necessarily lead to a revival of the Belarusian language, but rather
> simply prevent it from disappearing from the Belarusian education system.
> Lukashenka and Belarusian medium education
>
> In the eyes of many, the person who contributed most to the decline of the
> Belarusian language over the past twenty years would be Alexander
> Lukashenka. After coming to power, the new head of state re-implemented
the
> Russification policy of the late Soviet Union, put in place after World
War
> II.
>
> The Russian language's domination of the Belarusian linguistic landscape
> would come as a surprise to those living in Belarus in the first half of
> the 20th century. In 1950, 85% of newspapers were published in Belarusian
> and in 1955 95% of schools operated in the language. Nevertheless, by 1969
> one third of Belarusian pupils were not taught the Belarusian language at
> all. The role of the Belarusian language declined until the collapse of
the
> Soviet Union.
>
> When Lukashenka became president in 1994, three-quarters of Belarusian
> students studied in Belarusian. In 1990-1995 Belarus could boast four
times
> as many publications in Belarusian than ever before in the past 400 years
> combined. However, after his election, the leader of Belarus asserted that
> "the Belarusian language is an impoverished one" and returned Belarus to a
> policy of Russification
> <
http://belarusdigest.com/story/analytical-paper-belarusian-identity-impact-lukashenkas-rule-16369
>
> .
> Lack of Belarusian language in the education system
>
> Lukashenka’s policy resulted in only 10.5% of preschool children, 13.7% of
> pupils and 0.1% students studying in Belarusian medium schools in the
> 2015/16 academic year, according to official statistics.
>
> None of the 52 universities in Belarus use Belarusian as the main language
> of instruction. It seems that the only students whose whole education
> programme is in Belarusian are those majoring in Belarusian language and
> literature.
>
> Moreover, some teachers are no longer teaching classes in Belarusian due
to
> the internationalisation of the Belarusian education system
> <
http://belarusdigest.com/story/attracting-foreign-students-belarus-success-or-failure-26944
>.
> As one professor from the Belarusian State University told the author, he
> no longer gives his lectures on Belarusian foreign policy in Belarusian
> because Turkmen students could not understand him.
>
> The case of school children is also problematic, as it is often difficult
> to find Belarusian-language teaching materials, calling official figures
> into question. On 30 August, Radio Liberty published a video in which a
> journalist attended a huge Education Fair and found few publications in
> Belarusian on subjects such as geography or computer science. This means
> that although schools are supposedly holding some classes in Belarusian,
> they are in fact often conducted in Russian.
>
> Many Belarusian cities, including Viciebsk
> <
http://belarusdigest.com/story/viciebsk-region-%E2%80%93-land-artists-and-terrorists-14372
>,
> a large regional centre with 350 thousand inhabitants, have no
> Belarusian-language school groups at all. In nearby Mahiliou
> <
http://belarusdigest.com/story/mahilo%C5%AD-region-%E2%80%93-homeland-lukashenka-14674
>,
> another large regional centre, only one pupil is studying in Belarusian.
>
> This is a contrast to Minsk, where several Belarusian medium schools
> remain, and they enjoy a prestigious reputation. In 2016, citizens of
Minsk
> even *t*ook turns waiting in line in the evening to be the first in the
> morning to submit documents to apply for Belarusian medium School №23.
> Not letting the Belarusian language die
>
> After the start of the conflict in Ukraine, the Belarusian authorities
> have changed
> their approach
> <
http://belarusdigest.com/story/soft-belarusization-new-shift-lukashenkas-domestic-policy-22434
>
> to the Belarusian language, expanding its use in the public space. In July
> 2014, Lukashenka made his first speech in Belarusian in decades. However,
> official statements regarding expansion of the Belarusian language in
> education have so far proved to have more hype than substance.
>
> Even if the government adds one more Belarusian language class per week to
> school programmes, it will not change the fact that all other classes will
> remain in Russian. Moreover, Belarus lacks higher education institutions
in
> Belarusian. Therefore, many people do not see the point of learning
> exclusively in Belarusian at the school level.
>
> Analysis / Analytical Paper: Belarusian Identity - The Impact of
> Lukashenka's Rule
> <http://belarusdigest.com/papers/belarusianidentity.pdf>
>  The regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka rejected the ethno-national model
> of state suggested by his predecessors in the early 1990s. Instead, he
> restored a soviet style “statist nation” with a centralised bureaucratic
>  machine at its core.Read more
> <http://belarusdigest.com/papers/belarusianidentity.pdf>
>
> Lukashenka's words recall previous statements from the Minister of
> Education Mikhail Zhuraukou
> <http://belarusprofile.com/en/profile/zuraukou-michail-anatoljevic>. After
> taking office in 2014, Zhuraukou stated that "geography and the history of
> Belarus should be studied in the Belarusian language." However, so far
> nothing has changed.
>
> Nevertheless, it is possible that the authorities may be able to slightly
> increase the role of the Belarusian language in society. This may be the
> reason why the regime appointed Alena Anisim, vice-head of the Belarusian
> Language Society, as one of the two democratic leaning MPs
> <
http://belarusdigest.com/story/editorial-lukashenkas-election-message-west-27204
>
> to the Parliament. It seems that she lacks any political agenda other than
> promoting the Belarusian language.
>
> Moreover, the Belarusian language is no longer a political issue for
> Lukashenka, as it was in the 1990s when his Russophile policy opposed the
> Belarus-centric vision of the Belarusian Popular Front. Having
marginalised
> this opposition group, Lukashenka himself can afford to take a more
> pro-Belarusian stance. Moreover, he lost his chance of becoming president
> of Russia, so his new aim thus became strengthening Belarus.
>
> The leader of Belarus is unlikely to want more Belarusian medium schools,
> but one more Belarusian language lesson in Russian medium schools seems
> possible. It seems that the authorities remain reluctant to revive the
> Belarusian language, but also want to avoid its disappearance.
>
>
http://belarusdigest.com/story/belarusian-language-education-reluctant-revival-27561
>
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> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 22:21:55 +0000
> From: "Johnson, David C" <david-c-johnson at uiowa.edu>
> Subject: [lg policy] Re: Job: Postdoctoral position in EL Education at
>         UIowa
> To: "lgpolicy-list at groups.sas.upenn.edu"
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> CORRECTION
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> Position h<https://jobs.uiowa.edu/jobSearch/postdoc/>
https://jobs.uiowa.edu/postdoc/view/2662
> A Postdoctoral scholar position is open in the Department of Teaching and
Learning in the area of English Language Learner education to work in the
federally funded project, ACCEL in Iowa (Advocacy, Capacity, Collaboration
for English Learners). This project focuses on professional development for
teachers (in-service and pre-service) in the areas of (a) language support
in content area instruction, (b) dual language education/home language
support, and (c) parental, family, and community engagement. The candidate
will work with project co-directors to develop programming, provide
instruction, and conduct/disseminate research in the ACCEL project.
>
> Education Requirement
> Candidates must have a PhD in ELL/ESL/TESOL education, Applied
Linguistics, or related field.
>
> Required Qualification
> Three years of relevant experience with English Language Learners in K-12
settings
>
> Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
>
> Willingness to take on leadership roles
>
> Excellent written and verbal communication skills
>
> Applications
> To apply for this position, go to our website at
https://jobs.uiowa.edu/jobSearch/postdoc/ and choose requisition number
2662. Applicants must create a login for the jobs.uiowa.edu system.
Candidates will submit:
> (1)    letter of interest
> (2)    current curriculum vitae
> (3)    writing sample (journal publication or thesis with methods
chapter/section)
> (4)    names of 3 professional references.
>
> Screening:
> Review of applications will begin November 1, 2016 and continue until the
position is filled.
>
>
>
>
> David Cassels Johnson, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor, Foreign Language and ESL Education
>
> COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
> University of Iowa
> 240 Lindquist Center North
> Iowa City, IA 52242-1529
> (319) 335-6175
> http://www2.education.uiowa.edu/directories/person?id=dcjhnson
> New Book:
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118308387.html
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