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Title: 'Language capital': reframing formal language-learning in Scotland.
Author(s): Barclay, Fiona
Contact Email: fiona.barclay@stir.ac.uk
Issue Date: 3-Jun-2025
Date Deposited: 4-Jun-2025
Citation: Barclay F (2025) 'Language capital': reframing formal language-learning in Scotland.. <i>Language, Society and Policy</i>. https://www.lspjournal.com/post/language-capital-reframing-formal-language-learning-in-scotland
Abstract: In this article, Fiona Barclay considers the longstanding deficit in the social value associated with languages. She argues that this deficit has contributed to the sustained decline in the take-up of formal language-learning in Scotland, and proposes three avenues through which public perceptions of languages could be improved.
URL: https://www.lspjournal.com/post/language-capital-reframing-formal-language-learning-in-scotland
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