Kirkpatrick, Andy and Liddicoat, Anthony (2019) Language-in-education policy in Asia : an overview. In: Kirkpatrick, Andy and Liddicoat, Anthony J., (eds.) The Routledge International Handbook of Language Education Policy in Asia. Routledge International Handbooks . Routledge, pp. 3-13. ISBN 9781138955608
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Abstract
Language education polices are a form of human resource development planning (Kaplan & Baldauf, 1997)that operate to develop language abilities that a society identifies important for social, economic or other objectives. They make statements about which languages will be included in education and the purposes for which those languages will be taught and learned. Policies therefore project an imagined future linguistic situation and make provisions to bring this into existence (Liddicoat, 2013). Understanding such policies is important for understanding how authoritative institutions such as governments and education systems construct the future possibilities for languages within their jurisdictions and attempt shape emerging linguistic ecologies. The goal of this book is to understand language policy for education, how they have evolved over time and what they have to say about the future of linguistic diversity in this vast region. The focus of the book is on explicitly stated language policies; that is policies that are enshrined in various forms of language legislation, policy documents, curricula and other educational texts. Such policies are inevitably accompanied by implicit policies, which equally shape language practices and can contribute significantly to what happens educationally (Spolsky, 2004). As public statements of governments’ intentions and values in relation to language, explicit policies documents have a particular place within the policy context as they are “explicit, tangible and authoritative statements of policy positions and as such can form a useful focus for study” (Liddicoat, 2013, p. 4).
| Item Type: | Book Item |
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| Subjects: | L Education > LC Special aspects of education |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Asia, Education and state -- Asia |
| Series Name: | Routledge International Handbooks |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISBN: | 9781138955608 |
| Book Title: | The Routledge International Handbook of Language Education Policy in Asia |
| Editor: | Kirkpatrick, Andy and Liddicoat, Anthony J. |
| Official Date: | 15 April 2019 |
| Dates: | Date Event 15 April 2019 Published 10 October 2018 Accepted |
| Page Range: | pp. 3-13 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 14 February 2019 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 15 October 2020 |
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| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/113880/ |
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