Course outline

1. Introduction to the course. Details on assignments.

2. Linguistic diversity as an academic and social problem. EU language policy on linguistic diversity.

READING ASSIGNMENT (preliminary):

Blommaert, J. – Verschueren, J. (1998). Debating Diversity: Analysing the Discourse of Tolerance, Routledge, 1998. (selected chapter)

OR Blackledge, A. (2000). Monolingual ideologies in multilingual states: Language, hegemony and social justice in Western liberal democracies. Sociolinguistic Studies 1-2, p. 25-45.

3. Linguistic diversity in the Czech Republic, historical tradition and recent developments. Discussion on reading: Monolingual ideology and linguistic diversity.

4. Traditional minorities and language policy on ‘traditional’ linguistic diversity.

5. New language communities and language policy on linguistic integration.

READING ASSIGNMENT (preliminary):

Tollefson, J. (1991). Planning Language, Planning Inequality. New York: Longman. (selected chapter)

OR Johnson, D. C. (2013). Introduction: Ethnography of language policies. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 219, 1–6.

6. Critical perspective on the Czech Republic’s language policy on linguistic integration. Discussion on reading: Language policy as a theoretical construct and a research object, language policy ´beyond´ the state.

7. LP beyond the state I: Course visit to a Prague-based NGO assisting in linguistic integration.

8. Feedback on the visit. Presentations with discussion.

9. LP beyond the state II: How schools in the Czech Republic deal with linguistic integration.

READING ASSIGNMENT (preliminary):

Sloboda, M. (2016). Transition to super-diversity in the Czech Republic: its emergence and resistance. In M. Sloboda, P. Laihonen & A. Zabrodskaja (eds.), Sociolinguistic Transition in Former Eastern Bloc Countries: Two Decades after the Regime Change. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 141–183.

10. Discussion with a course guest on personal experiences with the Czech Republic’s policy on linguistic integration.

11. Feedback on the discussion. Presentations with discussion.

12. LP beyond the state III: How migrant communities in the Czech Republic deal with linguistic diversity and linguistic integration.

13. Wrap up and feedback.