Foreign language policy and planning specifications of Iran based on Hornberger’s integrative framework

Document Type : علمی - پژوهشی

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University of Tehran

Abstract

The study of the documents and documentation related to language policy in the public and higher education system of the country can provide an appropriate context for understanding the factors and reasons for the trend of the educational system in languages or foreign languages, and the objectives of these policies for the program. This paper studied the official documents of foreign language education at the public and supreme levels of Iran with using Hornberger’s integrative framework to outline the specifications of language policy and planning in the educational system. The results of this study indicates the absence of a theoretical basis for foreign language policy and planning, and there is no specific executive program for the purposes specified in the foreign language documentation of the country.

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