Liddicoat, Anthony, Curnow, Timothy Jowan and Scarino, Angela (2016) The trajectory of a language policy : the First Language Maintenance and Development program in South Australia. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 39 (1). pp. 31-46. doi:10.1075/aral.39.1.02lid ISSN 0155-0640.

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Abstract

This paper examines the development of the First Language Maintenance and Development (FLMD) program in South Australia. This program is the main language policy activity that specifically focuses on language maintenance in government primary schools and has existed since 1986. During this time, the program has evolved largely as the result of ad hoc changes, often resulting from decisions made outside the immediate scope of language maintenance provisions. The program was initially introduced as a general reform of language education in primary schools but eventually became a program focused specifically on language maintenance. The paper traces the ways that ad hoc changes have shaped the program, and how these have shaped the program over time. As a result of these changes over time, first language maintenance has moved from being an integrated focus within core language policy to being a peripheral language policy activity. As a result, although the FLMD represents an aspect of South Australia’s language policy, it does not have either a clear position within that policy nor does it have a clearly developed focus of its own.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	L Education > LC Special aspects of education P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Aboriginal Australians -- Languages, Linguistic minorities, Ethnic schools -- Political aspects, Children of immigrants -- Education , Australian languages
Journal or Publication Title:	Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
Publisher:	John Benjamins
ISSN:	0155-0640
Official Date:	2016
Dates:	Date Event 2016 Published 7 June 2016 Accepted
Volume:	39
Number:	1
Page Range:	pp. 31-46
DOI:	10.1075/aral.39.1.02lid
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	25 January 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access:	25 January 2017

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