Table of Contents

Series Overview Language Policy and Planning in Ecuador, Mexico and Paraguay: Some Common Issues - Richard B. Baldauf Jr. and Robert B. Kaplan Language Planning and Policy in Ecuador - Kendall A. King and Marleen Haboud An Update - Marleen Haboud and Kendall A. King Language Planning in Mexico - Roland Terborg, Laura Garcia Landa and Pauline Moore Language Planning and Policy in Paraguay - Shaw N. Gynan An Update - Shaw N. Gynan Biographical Notes on Contributors

About the Author

Richard B. Baldauf, Jr. is Associate Professor of TESOL in the School of Education at the University of Queensland and a member of the Executive of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA). He has published numerous articles in refereed journals and books. He is co-editor of Language Planning and Education in Australasia and the South Pacific (Multilingual Matters, 1990), principal researcher and editor for the Viability of Low Candidature LOTE Courses in Universities (DEET, 1995) and co-author with Robert B. Kaplan of Language Planning from Practice to Theory (Multilingual Matters, 1997) and Language and Language-in-Education Planning in the Pacific Basin (Kluwer, 2003).Robert B. Kaplan is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Southern California. He has published numerous books and articles in refereed journals and written several special reports to government both in the US and elsewhere. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics and is a member of the editorial board of the 1st and 2nd editions of the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (1992, 2002). Additionally, he edited the Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics (2002). He has served as President of the National Association for Foreign Students Affairs, of TESOL, and of the American Association for Applied Linguistics.

Reviews

The volume provides accessible and useful information on language policy initiatives in Latin America, and is an excellent reference. This volume makes a wonderful addition to the language planning and policy series.Donna Starks, La Trobe University, in Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 33:1, 2010This is an indispensable volume on language planning and language policy in Latin America because it provides accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date information on Ecuador, Mexico and Paraguay - each country with similar issues and challenges.Frank Nuessel, University of Louisville, in Language Problems and Language Planning 33:1