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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Vickers, Caroline H.; Lindfelt, Christopher; Greer, Marsha – Language Policy, 2015
This study examines physical aspects of place and how such visible aspects work to index a discourse of insecurity, including an insider-outsider binary, particularly through security signs in the linguistic landscape (LL). Our main focus is the relationship between policy and the uses of written language that appear in the LL in different census…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Signs, Language Planning, Written Language
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Meeuwis, Michael – Language Policy, 2015
When in 1908 the Belgian government took over the Congo from King Leopold II, a charter was drafted that would serve as a constitution-like statutory code for the new colony. Article 3 in this "Colonial Charter" dealt with language and linguistic rights. It epitomized the duality of language questions with which Belgium remained faced…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Civil Rights
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Belhiah, Hassan; Elhami, Maha – Language Policy, 2015
This study explores the effectiveness of English as a medium of instruction (EMI) in the Arabian/Persian Gulf, with special focus on the situation in the United Arab Emirates. The study, undertaken at six universities located in major cities of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Al Ain, Sharjah, Ajman, and Ras Al Khaimah, examines students' and teachers'…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education, Semitic Languages