ABSTRACT English as a medium of instruction has great influence in school education in
Nepal. It is taken as a pluralistic language which promotes harmony and tolerance, and …

This paper provides a brief overview of the development and state of language policy and
planning and examines some of the directions that language planners have been taking to …

This paper examines the language planning situation in the Sultanate of Oman with
emphasis on the planning of Arabic, English, French and German, and their choice and …

A language policy document on English teaching asserted that in India,“the colonial origins
[of English are] now forgotten or irrelevant”(NCERT 2006: 1). Using data obtained in the …

Background Advance psychiatric agreements could guide medical teams in providing care
consistent with the incapacitated service user's wishes. However, these types of agreements …

This paper examines the roles the English language is expected to play in contemporary
war‐torn Afghanistan. It identifies 12 roles–some functional, others aspirational. English has …

The globalization phenomenon marked by the flow of people movements, the advancement
of informational technology, and the shrinking price of transportation has brought people …

Cultural diversity is endorsed by many educators as a major teaching concept due to its
significance for the achievement of social equity in education. Recently, the use of picture …

In a pluralistic society, learning about foreign cultures is an important goal in the kind of multi-
cultural education that will lead to cultural competency. This study adopted a qualitative …

Multilingualism has become the norm in families all over the world. These families need to
juggle their children's linguistic identity and integration in their contexts. They may also need …