Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- Author's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. The discipline of language planning: a historical overview -- Chapter 2. The practice of language planning: an overview of key concepts -- Chapter 3. Educational and political dimensions of bilingual education: the case of the United States -- Chapter 4. Minority languages and language revitalisation -- Chapter 5. The global spread of English: cause, agency, effects and policy responses -- Chapter 6. New Englishes and teaching models: the continuing debate -- Chapter 7. Language education policy and the medium of instruction issue in post-colonial Africa -- Discussion questions, exercises and further reading -- References -- Index