Distractive language education policies and the endangerment of Indigenous languages in Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12677697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anwar Ahmed (0000-0002-5883-3238, University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 292-307 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Issues in Language Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1466-4208 • E-ISSN: 1747-7506 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14664208.2024.2370670 |
| OpenAlex | W4400316128 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 29 |
Focusing on language education policies in Bangladesh, this article shows how the policies have distracted people's attention from the harms inflicted on the country's Indigenous communities and their languages. I discuss two factors that have contributed to policy distractions in this context: a strong form of Bangla linguistic nationalism and a neoliberal approach to English language teaching. To address the problem of language education policy distractions, I put forward an argument for paying attention to what matters the most for protecting linguistic human rights and fostering linguistic diversity. Paying such transformative attention will require a mother-tongue-based multilingual approach to education and the creation of territorial niches for protecting and promoting endangered languages
Indigenous · Language planning · Language policy · Languages of Africa · Linguistics · Native-language instruction · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Teaching method · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development · History · Multilingual Education and Policy · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |