Tomáš Hoskovec (Cercle linguistique de Prague) À la différence de la « philosophie du langage », pratiquée dans nombre d’établissements académiques, qui, à force de vouloir prendre en considération tout ce qui ait jamais été dit au sujet du langage, se trouve facilement piégée dans l’incapacité de bien délimiter son sujet propre, le Cercle linguistique de…

Mara Barbosa (Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi) The presence of harmful ideologies that associate Spanish and its U.S. varieties with backwardness and a lack of education poses significant challenges to second and heritage language education in the country. Previous research has shown that teachers and pre-service teachers are also susceptible to these stereotypes, with…

Presented by Carlo Cinaglia (Michigan State University) Amid declining enrollment in US postsecondary world language education, understanding student perspectives and experiences with language learning is vital to advocate for language study. From a language policy perspective, top-down educational policies, such as institutional requirements for language study and program- mandated curriculum, are negotiated by teachers, students,…