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60 Pages : 645-657

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).60      10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).60      Published : Mar 2023

Language Policy and Planning in the Era of Globalization: Examining the Effects of Global Trends on National and Regional Language Policies and Educational Practices

    This paper looks at how the language policy and planning (LPP) is affected by the globalization, with references on national and regional language policies and education. The study examines three policy situations through a conceptual, comparative, qualitative case study, which includes English-media expansion, official multilingualism and decentralized regional autonomy. The data was collected by reviewing policy documents, policy elites interviews, interviews with school administrators, interviews with teachers, classroom observations, and student/parent focus groups. The results indicate that such global tendencies as the Englishization, the increase of mobility, and digital language use influence policy discourse. Nonetheless, implementation is influenced by such challenges as lack of teacher training, resources to regional languages and mismatched assessment. Such informal multilingual practices as code-switching sprouted in classrooms. The research proposes a combination of planning, teacher training, and resource allocation in order to support equitable LPP and linguistic justice in the environment of globalization-related reforms.

    Language Policy, Language Planning, Globalization, English-Medium Instruction, Multilingual Education, Equity, Assessment Alignment
    (1) Irfan Ullah
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Aqsa Goloona
    BS Student, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.