Clinton Robinson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3781633 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clinton Robinson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clinton |
| FAMILY NAME | Robinson |
| SIGNATURE | ROBINSON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | SIL International |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Unesco and Language Policy and Planning
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is the specialized agency of the UN system that carries the flag globally for the human and intangible aspects of society and development.
Acquisition Planning
Acquisition Planning (AP) is concerned with the range of language users and the distribution of literacy. As a form of language management (Spolsky, 2004) it complements and interacts with status planning (which is about the social role or function of a language) and corpus planning (used to modify the structure of a language). This interconnection is particularly evident in multilingual contexts, where (monolingual and bilingual) AP often involv…
Rethinking literacy from a lifelong learning perspective in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals and the International Conference on Adult Education
Literacy, languages and development in Africa: A Policy Perspective
Context or key? Language in four adult learning programmes
Promoting literacy: What is the record of Education for All
Benecticta Egbo. Gender, Literacy and Life Chances in Sub-Saharan Africa
Another Language, Another Literacy: Evidence from Africa
Recent concern about the nature of different literacies points to the need to examine the place of language in differentiating literacies, as a factor which shapes the nature of literacy acquisition and practices. This paper looks at evidence for the relationship between languages and literacies, their purposes, and social meanings, in the multilingual context of Northern Ghana. After describing the characteristics of this multilingualism, the pa…
Thread, Web and Tapestry‐making: Processes of development and language
Development models have moved away from the simple export or imitation of western patterns towards local ownership and participatory approaches. This movement has brought with it increasing attention to the place of culture, ethnicity and language in development. In situations of high linguistic diversity, debate has concentrated largely on language choice and use in the formal educational system without reference to wider participatory processes…
Language Diversity and Accountability in the South: Perspectives and Dilemmas
This paper examines the need for accountability in language planning in multilingual contexts in the South. After a brief overview of language diversity in the South, it notes that this multilingual reality has often been ignored by policy-makers acting in their own interests, unaccountable to those affected by their decisions. It considers how world trends of increasing democratisation and strengthening of minority rights are generating calls fo…
A basic education programme in Africa: The people's own
Is sauce for the goose sauce for the gander? Some comparative reflections on minority language planning in north and south
Drawing on the examples of two very different countries— Canada and Cameroon—this paper compares efforts to support minority languages in the North (the developed, industrialised countries) and the South (the developing world). Both parts of the world manifest a large number of minorities, some of which are indigenous, others of which have migrated, and so governments face the question of planning in a multilingual environment in relation to such…
The Place of Local-Language Literacy in Rural Development in Cameroon: Presentation of an Experimental Program
Le probleme du choix de la langue est particulierement aigu en Afrique ou un pays peut rassembler de nombreux groupes linguistiquement heterogenes. L'A. propose l'etude d'une situation particuliere: un programme experimental a ete mis en place afin d'aider au developpement des langues locales dans le cadre du developpement rural au Cameroun
Literacy, Schooling and Revolution
Rethinking literacy from a lifelong learning perspective in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals and the International Conference on Adult Education
Language Diversity and Accountability in the South: Perspectives and Dilemmas
This paper examines the need for accountability in language planning in multilingual contexts in the South. After a brief overview of language diversity in the South, it notes that this multilingual reality has often been ignored by policy-makers acting in their own interests, unaccountable to those affected by their decisions. It considers how world trends of increasing democratisation and strengthening of minority rights are generating calls fo…
The Place of Local-Language Literacy in Rural Development in Cameroon: Presentation of an Experimental Program
Le probleme du choix de la langue est particulierement aigu en Afrique ou un pays peut rassembler de nombreux groupes linguistiquement heterogenes. L'A. propose l'etude d'une situation particuliere: un programme experimental a ete mis en place afin d'aider au developpement des langues locales dans le cadre du developpement rural au Cameroun
Literacy, languages and development in Africa: A Policy Perspective
A basic education programme in Africa: The people's own
Promoting literacy: What is the record of Education for All
Thread, Web and Tapestry‐making: Processes of development and language
Development models have moved away from the simple export or imitation of western patterns towards local ownership and participatory approaches. This movement has brought with it increasing attention to the place of culture, ethnicity and language in development. In situations of high linguistic diversity, debate has concentrated largely on language choice and use in the formal educational system without reference to wider participatory processes…
Literacy, Schooling and Revolution
The Place of Local-Language Literacy in Rural Development in Cameroon: Presentation of an Experimental Program
Le probleme du choix de la langue est particulierement aigu en Afrique ou un pays peut rassembler de nombreux groupes linguistiquement heterogenes. L'A. propose l'etude d'une situation particuliere: un programme experimental a ete mis en place afin d'aider au developpement des langues locales dans le cadre du developpement rural au Cameroun
Is sauce for the goose sauce for the gander? Some comparative reflections on minority language planning in north and south
Drawing on the examples of two very different countries— Canada and Cameroon—this paper compares efforts to support minority languages in the North (the developed, industrialised countries) and the South (the developing world). Both parts of the world manifest a large number of minorities, some of which are indigenous, others of which have migrated, and so governments face the question of planning in a multilingual environment in relation to such…
A basic education programme in Africa: The people's own
Language Diversity and Accountability in the South: Perspectives and Dilemmas
This paper examines the need for accountability in language planning in multilingual contexts in the South. After a brief overview of language diversity in the South, it notes that this multilingual reality has often been ignored by policy-makers acting in their own interests, unaccountable to those affected by their decisions. It considers how world trends of increasing democratisation and strengthening of minority rights are generating calls fo…
Another Language, Another Literacy: Evidence from Africa
Recent concern about the nature of different literacies points to the need to examine the place of language in differentiating literacies, as a factor which shapes the nature of literacy acquisition and practices. This paper looks at evidence for the relationship between languages and literacies, their purposes, and social meanings, in the multilingual context of Northern Ghana. After describing the characteristics of this multilingualism, the pa…
Thread, Web and Tapestry‐making: Processes of development and language
Development models have moved away from the simple export or imitation of western patterns towards local ownership and participatory approaches. This movement has brought with it increasing attention to the place of culture, ethnicity and language in development. In situations of high linguistic diversity, debate has concentrated largely on language choice and use in the formal educational system without reference to wider participatory processes…
Benecticta Egbo. Gender, Literacy and Life Chances in Sub-Saharan Africa
Promoting literacy: What is the record of Education for All
Context or key? Language in four adult learning programmes
Literacy, languages and development in Africa: A Policy Perspective
Rethinking literacy from a lifelong learning perspective in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals and the International Conference on Adult Education
Unesco and Language Policy and Planning
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is the specialized agency of the UN system that carries the flag globally for the human and intangible aspects of society and development.
Acquisition Planning
Acquisition Planning (AP) is concerned with the range of language users and the distribution of literacy. As a form of language management (Spolsky, 2004) it complements and interacts with status planning (which is about the social role or function of a language) and corpus planning (used to modify the structure of a language). This interconnection is particularly evident in multilingual contexts, where (monolingual and bilingual) AP often involv…
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Literacy (8 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (8 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Economics (5 works)