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Taiwanese multiculturalism and the political appropriation of new immigrants' languages

Comparative education, 2022-10, Vol.58 (4), p.509-525 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Taiwanese multiculturalism and the political appropriation of new immigrants' languages
Author: Kasai, Haruna
Subjects: Appropriation ; Asians ; Cultural Awareness ; Cultural Pluralism ; Curricula ; Desire ; Disadvantaged ; Education policy ; Educational materials ; Educational Policy ; Elementary Secondary Education ; Foreign Countries ; identity politics ; Immigrants ; Instructional Materials ; Language Minorities ; Language of Instruction ; language-in-education policy ; Languages ; Marginality ; minority language ; multiculturalism ; Multiculturalism & pluralism ; National Curriculum ; National identity ; Native language ; Native Language Instruction ; Political Attitudes ; Politics ; Second Languages ; Self Concept ; Taiwan ; Teaching ; Teaching Guides ; 多元文化主义 ; 少数族裔语言 ; 教育语言政策 ; 身份认同政治
Is Part Of: Comparative education, 2022-10, Vol.58 (4), p.509-525
Description: Since 2019, Taiwan has implemented native language education for 'new immigrants' from Southeast Asian countries. This paper argues that the new educational provisions reflect the Taiwanese government's desire to appropriate new immigrants' cultures and languages to promote a multicultural vision of Taiwanese identity. It analyses the 12-year national curriculum guidelines and the primary-level teaching materials to elucidate the role of language education in the construction of discourse on new immigrants, exploring how this reflects and reinforces official portrayals of Taiwanese society as 'multicultural'. The analysis shows how the extension of curricular recognition to immigrants' languages and their associated cultures is driven by a desire to project a certain vision of mainstream national identity. By showing how, in the Taiwanese context, instruction in their languages in some respects reinforces the marginalisation of immigrant communities, it provides insights that may be applicable elsewhere.
Publisher: Oxford: Routledge
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0305-0068
EISSN: 1360-0486
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2022.2099657
Source: Taylor & Francis Open Access

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Taiwanese multiculturalism and the political appropriation of new immigrants' languages

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