'Building a New Public Idea about Language'?: Multilingualism and Language Learning in the Post-Brexit UK

Autor/inn/en	Copland, Fiona; McPake, Joanna
Titel	'Building a New Public Idea about Language'?: Multilingualism and Language Learning in the Post-Brexit UK
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 23 (2022) 2, S.117-136 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-7506
DOI	10.1080/14664208.2021.1939976
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Public Policy; English; Monolingualism; Language Planning; Foreign Countries; Misconceptions; Second Language Learning; Language Attitudes; Language Role; Second Language Instruction; Publications; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Öffentliche Ordnung; English language; Englisch; Sprachwechsel; Ausland; Missverständnis; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachverhalten; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Großbritannien
Abstract	In 2003, Mary Louise Pratt published a hugely influential paper in "Profession" where she took to task misconceptions about multilingualism and language learning apparent in the USA in the wake of 9/11 and consequent counter-terrorism measures. She argued that a new public idea about language was necessary in order to ensure unity and security. This article argues that in the aftermath of Brexit, the UK also needs to develop a new public idea about language to ensure a future that is prosperous, socially, culturally and economically. To do so, it first challenges a number of prevalent myths about language learning and multilingualism in the UK through a review of scholarship, media articles and reports which focus on languages and multilingualism since 2013. It then suggests that interest in the Anglosphere has meant that the value of English is now artificially inflated and that the value of other languages is underplayed. We argue that this turn to the Anglosphere and to (English) monolingualism should be challenged through proposing a new public idea about language for post-Brexit UK. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01