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  • 6 - Interpreting Language Policies

  • Kristof Savski, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
  • Book:
    Language Policy in Action
    Published online:
    05 December 2024
    Print publication:
    12 December 2024, pp 107-130

  • Summary

    This chapter studies the way language policies are interpreted, with particular reference to the concepts of scale and recontextualisation. The focus of the chapter is on the relationship between policy meaning and power, with the main argument being that different layers of power are what drives the way language policies are interpreted in different contexts. This is illustrated with a discussion of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), a policy text which has seen worldwide uptake. I examine how the document is ‘read’ in different contexts, considering the local and global layers of power that lurk beneath these readings.