Welcome!
Written by LPP Blog Administrator on Saturday, July 26, 2008Hi all! 
This is the Language Policy and Planning blog.
Prof. Saran came up with this brilliant idea of setting up a blog dedicated to Language Policy and Planning. This is the place where we all can share our thoughts on the subject. This blog can also serve as a point of reference for anything related to the class - exchanging ideas, discussion over the assignments, sharing useful links and notes, for communication and so much more. Perhaps this blog can become our legacy for future students of this exciting (and very important) subject. Prof. Saran's class of 2008 (1st Semester) started this blog and hopefully it can be handed over to the next class and so on and so forth. It's going to be great!
Well, to plan is one thing..
So, let's make it happen!
This is the Language Policy and Planning blog.
Prof. Saran came up with this brilliant idea of setting up a blog dedicated to Language Policy and Planning. This is the place where we all can share our thoughts on the subject. This blog can also serve as a point of reference for anything related to the class - exchanging ideas, discussion over the assignments, sharing useful links and notes, for communication and so much more. Perhaps this blog can become our legacy for future students of this exciting (and very important) subject. Prof. Saran's class of 2008 (1st Semester) started this blog and hopefully it can be handed over to the next class and so on and so forth. It's going to be great!
Well, to plan is one thing..
So, let's make it happen!
2 comments: Responses to “ Welcome! ”
By LPP Blog Administrator on July 26, 2008 at 12:35 AM
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By Saran Kaur Gill on July 30, 2008 at 7:06 AM
Dear all,
I am truly excited about this and apologise for not posting comments on the first day itself. Credit for this blog should go to Syarir and all of you - you have made me sound so technologically advance. I am thrilled that we have a platform to discuss so many areas. The last few days have been really hectic. In my post, I have to attend dinners as well and therefore somedays work does not end till late at night. But it is all part of the job and I take it very seriously.
Mohammad had sent me some slides and I had posted comments on them - please write to him and ask him to post them on the blog - will be useful for all.
In relation to the lecture that I will continue with this week, please look up books on language policies, especially decisions made by other nations post-independence. For example, Singapore, countries in Africa - this will give you a basis of comparison with what was done in Malaysia. The important thing would be to understand why the decisions were made that way.
As Tsui and Tollefson titled their book - Medium of Instruction Policies - Whose Agenda? Which Agenda?
LPP can only be understood fully if you approach it in this manner and realise that it has value and meaning when you take into account political, economic and socio-cultural factors of the nation and its mutli-ethnic population.
Bye for now - hope to see more of you contribute to this. Cause the more you contribute, the more I can see if you understand what we have been discussing etc. You can post questions as well and I would like your colleagues to answer them. I will then collect them to deal with in class.
Look forward to seeing all of you on Friday.
Take care,
Saran