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J.W.M. (Sjaak) Kroon

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Tilburg School of Humanities
Department of Culture Studies

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Most recent publications

Auraújo e Corte Real, B. de, & Kroon, S. (2012). Becoming a nation of readers in Timor Leste. In M. Leach, N. Canas Mendes, B. Boughton, & A. da Costa Ximenes (Eds.), New research on Timor Leste (pp. 336-341). Dili: Timor-Leste Studies Association. Further information
Conceição Savio, E. da, Kurvers, J., Engelenhoven, A. van, & Kroon, S. (2012). Fataluku language and literacy uses and attitudes in Timor-Leste. In M. Leach, N. Canas Mendes, A. da Silva, B. Boughton, & A. da Costa Ximenes (Eds.), New research on Timor Leste (pp. 355-361). Dili: Timor-Leste Studies Association. Further information
Kroon, S., & Yagmur, K. (2012). Meertaligheid in het onderwijs in Suriname: Een onderzoek naar praktijken, ervaringen en opvattingen van leerlingen en leerkrachten als basis voor ontwikkeling van een taalbeleid voor het onderwijs in Suriname. Den Haag: Nederlandse Taalunie. Further information
Kroon, S., & Yagmur, K. (2012). Different perspectives on multilingualism in Suriname. In Z. Quingsheng & D. Jie (Eds.), Language change and ecology (pp. 84-110). Beijing: 21st Century Press. Further information
Li, J., Juffermans, K., Kroon, S., & Blommaert, J.M.E. (2012). Teaching a language in transformation: Chinese in globalisation. NALDIC Quarterly, 10(1), 25-32. Further information

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Publications

Most recent publications

Auraújo e Corte Real, B. de, & Kroon, S. (2012). Becoming a nation of readers in Timor Leste. In M. Leach, N. Canas Mendes, B. Boughton, & A. da Costa Ximenes (Eds.), New research on Timor Leste (pp. 336-341). Dili: Timor-Leste Studies Association. Further information
Conceição Savio, E. da, Kurvers, J., Engelenhoven, A. van, & Kroon, S. (2012). Fataluku language and literacy uses and attitudes in Timor-Leste. In M. Leach, N. Canas Mendes, A. da Silva, B. Boughton, & A. da Costa Ximenes (Eds.), New research on Timor Leste (pp. 355-361). Dili: Timor-Leste Studies Association. Further information
Kroon, S., & Yagmur, K. (2012). Meertaligheid in het onderwijs in Suriname: Een onderzoek naar praktijken, ervaringen en opvattingen van leerlingen en leerkrachten als basis voor ontwikkeling van een taalbeleid voor het onderwijs in Suriname. Den Haag: Nederlandse Taalunie. Further information
Kroon, S., & Yagmur, K. (2012). Different perspectives on multilingualism in Suriname. In Z. Quingsheng & D. Jie (Eds.), Language change and ecology (pp. 84-110). Beijing: 21st Century Press. Further information
Li, J., Juffermans, K., Kroon, S., & Blommaert, J.M.E. (2012). Teaching a language in transformation: Chinese in globalisation. NALDIC Quarterly, 10(1), 25-32. Further information

Click here for the complete list of publications (Tilburg University Repository Publications only)

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Language policy and language planning in the context of globalisation

The project aims at investigating a number of cases in which language diversity leads to language policy and planning activities. These cases are first of all selected in view of their connection (in a broad sense) to globalization processes, such as (inter)national migration movements, internationalization, and modernization. They are also characterized by the fact that they are situated in educational contexts and function on different scales (individual, institutional, (inter)national). Some examples are Surinam (empirical evidence for language policy development), Eritrea (consequences of mother tongue policy for literacy teaching), East Timor (historical- critical analysis of adult literacy programs), The Netherlands (language policy for indigenous and non-indigenous languages in education), China (policies for English as a language of globalization) Depending on the research questions that emerge from the cases under investigation as part of the research process, choices will be made regarding the (qualitative and quantitative) methodologies to be applied. The project wants to contribute to a better understanding of locally situated cases and on the basis hereof to the theoretical advancement of existing language policy and planning frameworks.