International Journal of Teaching and Education Vol. VIII, No. 2 / 2020
DOI: 10.20472/TE.2020.8.2.003
LANGUAGE POLICY AND LANGUAGE PLANNING IN
KOSOVA
KIMETE CANAJ
Abstract:
This paper will present the role of globalization in small country and the role of language policy and
language planning in the developing and strengthen the foreign language values in the kosovan
society. Social changes and the mobility, migration and remigration due to the historical processes
have made changes in language policy and bilingual society from Albanian/Serbian into Albanian/
English and Serbian/ English bilingual society. English is used as Lingua Franca in Kosova and due to
globalization and using new technology has been changed the regional and global aspect of thinking
and transfer of social values from old generations to the young generations. The new bilingual
communities are developed in different social, political and economic contexts.
Keywords:
language policy, language planning, linguistic, multilingualism, foreign language learning
JEL Classification: I28, I29
Authors:
KIMETE CANAJ, University of Prizren, Kosovo, Email: kimete.canaj@uni-prizren.com
Citation:
KIMETE CANAJ (2020). Language policy and language planning in Kosova. International Journal of
Teaching and Education, Vol. VIII(2), pp. 35-52., 10.20472/TE.2020.8.2.003
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