Language in education planning

What is language-in-education planning?

• A plan to build new schools

• A way to choose and teach languages in schools

• A method of translation

• A game to learn languages

Who talked about language-in-education planning in 1997?

• Kaplan and Baldauf

• Noam Chomsky

• Ferdinand de Saussure

• Robert L. Cooper

What is macro planning?

• A local classroom activity

• A national or government language decision

• A small group project

• Refers to local or institutional actions

What is corpus planning?

• Deciding which language is official

• Creating or changing words in a language

• Teaching people new languages

• Translating books

What is status planning about?

• Making new vocabulary

• How many teachers a school has

• How people learn a language

• Which language is official or important

What is acquisition planning about?

• Deciding school uniforms

• Changing language laws

• Getting more people to learn a language

• Making dictionaries

Which is a stage in language planning?

• Diagnosis or Evaluation

• Decoration

• Translation

• Celebration

What is one big challenge in language planning?

• Too many teachers

• Not enough bilingual teachers

• Too many books in Quechua

• No students interested

Why is language planning important?

• To reduce local languages

• To teach only English

• To make schools look modern

• To promote equality and protect cultures