APPLIED SOCIOLINGUISTICS
References:
Lo Bianco, J. (2013). Language policy and planing: overview. University of Melbourne, 5(2), 10–25. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301634189_Language_Policy_and_Planning_Overview
Ravindranath, M. (2015). Sociolinguistic Variation and Language Contact[I am grate]. Language & Linguistics Compass, 9(6), 243–255. https://doi-org.crai-ustadigital.usantotomas.edu.co/10.1111/lnc3.12137
Corpus Plaining
It involves devising 
a new, or modifying 
an existing writing 
system.
Corpus planning
Changes in political belief
Vocabulary
Caro y Cuervo, RAE, Cambridge
Changes in speech codes
Language Diffusion
By some official
appointed or self
proclaimed group.
Language used by teacher
Attempting to standardize size
grammar and pronunciation
toward some norms discovered
or invented.
Education System
Lingua franca
Language 
acquisition 
planning
Language status where 
some people need to 
learn, but they do not
normally speak.
Status Planning
Makes a language official.
Spanish in Colombia
To teach, to use
The attempt to set up
normsor rules or two 
or more languages 
available.
Indigenous groups in
Colombia proclaimed
their freedom from 
their dialects power
and language influence.
Linguists are consulted
but decisions are made
by the government.
It becomes an important
activity when a country
becomes independent.
The status decision
determines which
languages are to be 
used.
The Educational system
The media
The legal system
By Government
Public functions
Language Education Policy
3. Other Activities
Discourse planning
Through education
Prestige planning
Daily or academic language
Usage Planning
Opposition
2. Approaches
Cultivation Planning
Language function
Policy planning
The form of the language
1. Activities
Corpus
New or modifying a language
Acquisition
Language teaching policies
Status
Oficial Languages
Language Planning 
or Language Policy
The country or social
group that wishes to
encourage other people
to learn their language.
Colombian Government
to indigenous groups
with Spanish language.
Language Policy
Combination of official 
decisions and preveiling 
public practicesrelated to
the language education 
and use.
MEN in Colombia 
tells how and what
 to teach
CEFRL
Plan Nacional de Bilinguismo
Decret 804, 1993
Law 1651, 2013
Law 115, 1994
Language Planning
Education
Is the perfect instrument 
to apply or implement 
language planning.
Made by those 
empowered to do it
3. Realms of knowledge
Poer and action
2. Conflicting interest
Ethic, culture, ideologíes, etc
1. Normative invention
Colombian Government
Origin
To create identity
To stablish social status
To get power