Linguistics & Language · Sociolinguistics
A topic within Sociolinguistics, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Linguistics & Language.
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UNESCO
Argues mother-tongue-based multilingual education produces better learning outcomes than instruction in a second language alone, and sets out mother-tongue instruction, bilingual/multilingual education, and language as a core school subject as UNESCO's three founding principles.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Robert Phillipson
Argues that the global spread of English was actively promoted through British and American institutional policy as a form of linguistic imperialism that structurally disadvantages speakers of other languages, not a neutral consequence of globalisation.