The smile revolution (hirak) as a driving force for an English ‘tidal wave’ and foreign language policy-making in Algeria

IF 1.7 1区文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Current Issues in Language Planning Pub Date : 2023-03-15 DOI:10.1080/14664208.2022.2039510

Baya Maraf, Ulker Vanci Osam

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ABSTRACT The present study provides an insight into foreign language policy endeavour in Algeria. It responds to the concept of an English ‘tidal wave’ (Spolsky [2004]. Language policy. Cambridge University Press), and uses Spolsky’s ([2009]. Language management. Cambridge University Press) social approach and Djité’s ([1994]. From language policy to language planning. National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia) definition of language policy. The study is a qualitative research which relies on the contribution of 20 Algerian university students who are affiliated with eight Algerian universities, and on the researchers’ observations, social media pictures, videos, social media comments, and news outlet reports. The study concludes that there is a ‘seismic wave’ of English language (in terms of beliefs, practices and demands) amid the smile revolution protests (hirak) that will give rise to a future tidal wave of English based on the bottom-up involvement of participants in the policy-making process.

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微笑革命（hirak）是阿尔及利亚英语“浪潮”和外语政策制定的推动力

摘要本研究旨在深入了解阿尔及利亚的外语政策。它回应了英语“浪潮”的概念（斯波尔斯基[2004].语言政策.剑桥大学出版社），并使用斯波尔斯基（[2009].语言管理.剑桥大学出版）的社会方法和Djité（[1994].从语言政策到语言规划.澳大利亚国家语言与扫盲研究所）的语言政策定义。这项研究是一项定性研究，基于隶属于八所阿尔及利亚大学的20名阿尔及利亚大学生的贡献，以及研究人员的观察、社交媒体图片、视频、社交媒体评论和新闻媒体报道。该研究得出结论，在微笑革命抗议活动（hirak）中，英语出现了“地震波”（在信仰、实践和需求方面），这将在参与者自下而上参与决策过程的基础上引发未来的英语浪潮。

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期刊介绍： The journal Current Issues in Language Planning provides major summative and thematic review studies spanning and focusing the disparate language policy and language planning literature related to: 1) polities and language planning and 2) issues in language planning. The journal publishes four issues per year, two on each subject area. The polity issues describe language policy and planning in various countries/regions/areas around the world, while the issues numbers are thematically based. The Current Issues in Language Planning does not normally accept individual studies falling outside this polity and thematic approach. Polity studies and thematic issues" papers in this journal may be self-nominated or invited contributions from acknowledged experts in the field.