Bilingual language policy conceptual framework based on Spolsky's three elements¶

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Evidence · 4 claims (4 for) · 1 study (1 review), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The article builds a conceptual framework for researching language policy on bilingual education in higher education, grounded in Spolsky's definition that "a language policy consist of three elements: language practices, ideology, and efforts." Language practices are patterns among communities, ideology is beliefs about language, and efforts are planning, management and intervention. The framework (Figure 1) transforms this basic idea into bilingual language policy within higher education, spanning abstract beliefs to concrete language use.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Investigating a language policy requires asking what the policy is, why this policy, how it is implemented, and can it be improved, following Spolsky (2017)

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• university students in bilingual programs in Indonesia

Target Learning Objectives¶

• foreign language competence
• intercultural competence

Claims¶

• Reasons for applying bilingual education in Indonesian universities are internationalization, foreign language competencies, and law implementation [+W]
• Indonesian university bilingual programs pursue three aims: teaching overseas, international-standard schools, and global competence [+W]
• Bilingual language policy facilitates multilingual and multicultural pedagogical interaction in Indonesian university classrooms [+W]
• Bilingual language policy implementation in Indonesian higher education is categorized as the preservation of local and national identity [+W]

Related Theories¶

Examples¶

• Meta-analysis corpus of 21 published policies and papers on Indonesian bilingual higher education (2015–2019)
• Conduct longitudinal, multi-setting research on bilingual language policy in action

Key Sources¶

• Abduh, A., Samad, S., & Rosmaladewi, R. (2022). A Meta-Analysis of Language Policy on Bilingual Education in Indonesian Universities: Implication for Multicultural Education and Internationalization. International Journal of Language Education, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.26858/ijole.v6i2.35072