Citation: Ford, Joseph and Santos, Emanuelle (2022) Decolonising languages: Ways forward for UK HE and beyond. Languages, Society and Policy . ISSN 2515-3854
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Abstract
In the following opinion article, Joseph Ford and Emanuelle Santos give a short account of work being done with a view to ‘decolonise languages’ in UK Higher Education and pose some fundamental questions that are still absent from mainstream discussions on the topic.
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| Creators: | Ford, Joseph (0000-0002-0361-621X) and Santos, Emanuelle and |
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| Official URL: | https://www.lspjournal.com/post/decolonising-langu... |
| Subjects: | Culture, Language & Literature |
| Keywords: | Decolonisation, Modern Languages, Decolonising the Curriculum, UK Higher Education |
| Divisions: | Institute of Modern Languages Research |
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