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The workshop will develop an understanding of a deeper
approach to language policies on the basis of examples in
the United States, Canada, Switzerland and Turkey, as
well as other countries, as relevant. As such, the
workshop will include an introduction to language
instructional policies and linguistic human rights in
education and their relation to curriculum & instruction.
Participants will examine teaching in a multilingual and
global society and explore the different dimensions of the
language used in the schools for instruction in different
countries during the globalization process: language
policies, curricula and their ideologies, the manifestation
of linguistic and cross-cultural discrimination.
About the speaker
Facilitator: Dr. Francois Victor Tochon is a Professor
in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison where he is heading
Graduate Studies in World Language Education. Prof. Tochon
has a Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction (Université Laval)
and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology (Ottawa University),
and received Honorary Doctorates from two universities in
Argentina and Peru. Prof. Tochon worked on intercultural
issues related to bilingualism in various countries and
international language policies, looking for new ways to
organize language teaching and learning.
Wednesday 15 October
3.00-5.00pm
N54 (Bray Centre)
Room 2.02 Council Chamber
Dr. Francois Victor Tochon
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Deep Language Policy Research in Education
With Examples from U.S.A., Canada, and Switzerland
2 Hour Workshop
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES | Semester 2 2014
School of Languages and Linguistics

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PROGRAM:
PART I: LANGUAGE POLICY RESEARCH
- Exploring the core principles of the Language
Planning and Language Policy.
- Definitions: mother tongue, the semi-lingual
controversy, bilingualisms, pluralism, assimilationism,
personality vs territoriality principles, jurisdictional vs
unilingual territoriality.
- Research methods on Language Planning and Policy
(LPP).
- Vertical Case Studies and ethnography.
- Critical Auto-Ethnography.
- In-depth Inquiry Illustrations: Ebonic, English-Only
Movement.
PART II: FORMS OF LANGUAGE DISCRIMINATION
- Lingua franca, language status, linguicism, linguistic
genocide, linguistic human rights.
- American language policy, critical language program,
the issue of ‘otherness’.
- Illustrations: Accent Discrimination and American
Law; Language Discrimination at Work and British
Law; evolution of language rights in Turkey.
- Examples from Canada and Switzerland.
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES | Semester 2 2014
School of Languages and Linguistics
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
The workshop will develop an understanding of a deeper approach to language policies on the basis of
examples in the United States, Canada, Switzerland and Turkey, as well as other countries, as relevant.
During and by the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Define various trends in language policy and strategies that can be used in an Education context to research
and support bilingual students’ language rights;
• Understand the principles of deep language learning and how they can help connect the macro level of
language policies with the micro level of the classroom;
• Understand the role of interface of the language curriculum in the integration of language planning and
policies.