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In foreign language education, decisions must be taken on what
languages to teach, who will teach them, in which schools (i.e.
all, only urban, only rural), in which grades, the number of hours
a week, and the cost involved. This book explores the answers to
these questions across a number of Asian polities. It illustrates
why some of the efforts undertaken are successful and why some are
not, why - despite significant investments of time and resources -
some students do not seem to acquire the languages being taught,
and why some teachers responsible for instruction in the designated
foreign languages have problems achieving fluency in the designated
language or have other language teaching difficulties. It suggests
some strategies various polities might attempt to achieve their
stated language learning objectives. This book was originally
published as a special issue of Current Issues in Language
Planning.
This volume covers the language situation in Hong Kong,
Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka explaining the linguistic diversity, the
historical and political contexts and the current language
situation, including language-in-education planning, the role of
the media, the role of religion and the roles of non-indigenous
languages. Two of the authors are indigenous to the situations
described while the other has undertaken extensive field work and
consulting there. The three monographs contained in this volume
draw together the literature on each of the polities to present an
overview of the research available about each of them, while
providing new research-based information. The purpose of the volume
is to provide an up-to-date overview of the language situation in
each polity based on a series of key questions in the hope that
this might facilitate the development of a richer theory to guide
language policy and planning in other polities where similar issues
may arise. This book was published as special issues of Current
Issues in Language Planning.
In foreign language education, decisions must be taken on what
languages to teach, who will teach them, in which schools (i.e.
all, only urban, only rural), in which grades, the number of hours
a week, and the cost involved. This book explores the answers to
these questions across a number of Asian polities. It illustrates
why some of the efforts undertaken are successful and why some are
not, why - despite significant investments of time and resources -
some students do not seem to acquire the languages being taught,
and why some teachers responsible for instruction in the designated
foreign languages have problems achieving fluency in the designated
language or have other language teaching difficulties. It suggests
some strategies various polities might attempt to achieve their
stated language learning objectives. This book was originally
published as a special issue of Current Issues in Language
Planning.
This volume investigates the policy and practice of medium of
instruction at different levels of education in Asian polities
including Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia,
the Maldives, Nepal, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. The chapters provide
an informed understanding of the context, process, actors, goals
and outcomes of medium of instruction policies from a language
policy and planning perspective. The volume has an emphasis on the
exploration of medium of instruction in action which brings into
focus the perspectives of micro policy enactors including teachers,
students, and parents in the local context, generating crucial
empirical insights. This critical analysis of the goals, outcomes
and experiences of this trend in global language-in-education will
be of interest to language and education students, researchers,
practicing teachers, executives in academia and language studies
and to education policymaking authorities in Asia and other parts
of the world. The volume updates existing research on medium of
instruction and takes the field forward in a fast-changing world as
English medium instruction policies are globalised. This book was
originally published as a special issue of Current Issues in
Language Planning.
This volume focuses on language planning in Cyprus, Iceland and
Luxembourg, explaining the linguistic diversity, historical and
political contexts and current language situation (including
language-in-education planning), the role of the media, the role of
religion and the roles of non-indigenous languages. The authors are
indigenous to the situations described, and draw on their
experience and extensive fieldwork there. The three extended case
studies contained in this volume draw together the literature on
each of the polities to present an overview of the existing
research available, while also providing new research-based
information. The purpose of this volume is to provide an up-to-date
overview of the language situation in each polity based on a series
of key questions, in the hope that this might facilitate the
development of a richer theory to guide language policy and
planning in other polities where similar issues may arise. This
book comprises case studies originally published in the journal
Current Issues in Language Planning.
This volume focuses on language planning in the Cameroon, Sudan and
Zimbabwe, explaining the linguistic diversity, historical and
political contexts, current language situation (including
language-in-education planning), the role of the media, the role of
religion and the roles of non-indigenous languages. The authors are
indigenous to the situations described, and draw on their
experience and extensive fieldwork there. The extended case studies
contained in this volume draw together the literature on each of
the polities to present an overview of the existing research
available, while also providing new research-based information. The
purpose of this volume is to provide an up-to-date overview of the
language situation in each polity based on a series of key
questions, in the hope that this might facilitate the development
of a richer theory to guide language policy and planning in other
polities where similar issues may arise. This book comprises case
studies originally published in the journal Current Issues in
Language Planning.
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