In:A Language Management Approach to Language Problems: Integrating macro and micro dimensions
Edited by Kimura Goro Christoph and Lisa Fairbrother
[Studies in World Language Problems 7] 2020
► pp. 31–48
Chapter 2The origin and development of a language management framework
Published online: 20 May 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/wlp.7.02jer
https://doi.org/10.1075/wlp.7.02jer
Abstract
The author’s reminiscences recount ideas that came together from the 1960s, out of which came Language Management Theory. Most ideas have already been articulated someplace, somehow, and are already ‘out there’, if anyone cares to find them. Therefore, they are available to be compiled and formulated to respond to changing societal circumstances and intellectual insights. I will attempt to identify and discuss strands of ideas that came together and that moved researchers towards articulating a LM discourse, in particular the Language Management Theory.
Article outline
- 1.The concepts of LMT (language management theory) and LPT (language planning theory)
- 2.The approach
- 3.Background: The 1960’s
- 4.Starting point and research organization
- 5.Bundles of ideas and practices-made-visible: Two vectors in LMT development
- 5.1What language problems are there?
- 5.2How do individuals deal with language problems?
- 5.2.1Error correction and repair
- 5.2.2Noticing (in language learning)
- 5.2.3Individual evaluation and adjustment
- 5.2.4Reintroducing the subject(ive) and agency
- 6.Summing up
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