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Language education policy and practice in East and Southeast Asia

Language teaching, 2017-04, Vol.50 (2), p.155-188 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 ;ISSN: 0261-4448 ;ISSN: 1475-3049 ;EISSN: 1475-3049 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0261444817000027

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Title:
Language education policy and practice in East and Southeast Asia
Author: Kirkpatrick, Andy ; Liddicoat, Anthony J.
Subjects: Asian people ; Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ; Beliefs ; Bilingualism ; Community Relations ; Cultural differences ; Cultural Pluralism ; Culture ; East Asia ; Education policy ; Educational Policy ; Educational Practices ; Elementary Education ; Elementary Schools ; English ; English (Second Language) ; English as an international language ; Foreign Countries ; Ideology ; language ; Language of Instruction ; Language Planning ; Language policy ; Language usage ; Linguistics ; Monolingualism ; Multiculturalism & pluralism ; Multilingualism ; Nation building ; National languages ; Official Languages ; Policy analysis ; Policy formation ; Pragmatics ; Religion ; Second Language Instruction ; Second Language Learning ; Semiotics ; sociolinguistics ; Southeast Asia ; State-of-the-Art Article ; Teaching ; World Views
Is Part Of: Language teaching, 2017-04, Vol.50 (2), p.155-188
Description: East and Southeast Asia represents a linguistically and culturally diverse region. For example, more than 700 languages are spoken in Indonesia alone. It is against this backdrop of diversity that the ten countries that comprise Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) have recently signed the ASEAN Charter which, while calling for respect for the region's languages, cultures and religions also officially nominates English as ASEAN's working language. In this article, we examine the language education policies of the region and consider the implications of these policies for the maintenance of linguistic and cultural diversity on the one hand and the promotion of English and the respective national languages on the other. As ASEAN is closely connected to the three major countries of China, Japan and South Korea, as indicated by the ‘ASEAN + 3’ forum, we also include these countries here. We stress that, as space forbids an in-depth treatment of the language education policies of each of the 13 countries, we have chosen to describe and discuss in some depth the policies of 5 countries (China, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam), as these provide a cross-section of language policy contexts and approaches in the region. We add brief notes on the policies of the remaining countries.
Publisher: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0261-4448
ISSN: 1475-3049
EISSN: 1475-3049
DOI: 10.1017/S0261444817000027
Source: Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
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Language education policy and practice in East and Southeast Asia

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 ;ISSN: 0261-4448 ;ISSN: 1475-3049 ;EISSN: 1475-3049 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0261444817000027

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