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This document discusses language policy and Spolsky's model of language policy. Spolsky defines language policy as the practices, beliefs, and management decisions of a community regarding linguistic behavior. His model of language policy has three interrelated components: language practices (observable behaviors), language beliefs (attitudes and values assigned to languages), and language management (efforts to modify practices or beliefs). The document instructs learning activities involving identifying key terms from an article on language policy theory and writing insights gained from reading the article.

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This document discusses language policy and Spolsky's model of language policy. Spolsky defines language policy as the practices, beliefs, and management decisions of a community regarding linguistic behavior. His model of language policy has three interrelated components: language practices (observable behaviors), language beliefs (attitudes and values assigned to languages), and language management (efforts to modify practices or beliefs). The document instructs learning activities involving identifying key terms from an article on language policy theory and writing insights gained from reading the article.

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ALDERSGATE COLLEGE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES IN MULTILINGUAL SOCITIES

COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCES AND EDUCATION EROLLE TOLENTINO CARIÑO

LESSON 4
LANGUAGE POLICY: WHAT IS IT AND WHAT IT CAN DO?

LEARNING GOALS:
a. Define language policy and;
b. Understand and apply Spolsky’ (2004) Model of Language policy to real-life language situations.

LANGUAGE POLICY

According to Spolsky, language policy refers to all “language practices, beliefs, and management decisions of the
community or polity.” It “constitutes an attempt by someone to manipulate the linguistic behavior of some community for
some reason” (Burton 2013, p. 3, in Monje, 2019, p.4).

To gain a comprehensive understanding of language policy, you will now learn about the Model of Language Policy
(Spolsky, 2004).

Model of Language Policy

Language Policy

Language
Language Practices Language Beliefs
Management
(Ecology) (Ideology)
(Planning)

According to Spolsky (2007), language policy has three “interrelated, but interdependent components:
language practices, language beliefs, and language management.

Language Practices- are the “observable behaviors and choices—what people actually do.” Which includes
the choice of linguistic features and of language variety (.p.3).

Language Beliefs- are “the values assigned to the varieties and features” (p.4).

Language Management- is “the explicit and observable effort by someone or some group that has claims to
have authority over the participants on the domain to modify their practices or beliefs (p.4).

LEARNING ACTIVITIES: 60 points

Read the article of Spolsky (2007) entitled “Towards a Theory of Language Policy.”
(*article has been provided)

A. Key terms: - Identify at least 15 key terms (preferably new terms) that you encountered in reading the article.
Write a brief definition for each term based on how you understood it.

B. Write your insights about language policy after reading the article. List at least three significant insights.

ELT 2

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