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Liddicoat, Anthony J. (2023) Language-in-education policy in the Asia-Pacific region. In: Lee, Wing On and Brown, Phillip and Lin Goodwin, A. and Green, Andy, (eds.) International Handbook on Education Development in the Asia-Pacific. Springer, pp. 513-527. ISBN 9789811968860
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6887-7_22
Abstract
This chapter will examine general patterns in language-in-education policy in the Asia-Pacific region with a focus on official government policies on languages and their use in education. The chapter will begin by considering three main areas of language-in-education policy that are of particular significance for understanding the region. These are (1) the focus on national languages and policies relating to medium of instruction, (2) the teaching and learning of additional languages as second or foreign languages, and (3) the place of minority languages. Overall, the chapter will argue that most countries in the region have adopted language-in-education policies that give attention to two languages only – the national language and English – and that other languages have been marginalized in education, although there are some cases where a greater range of languages is included in educational contexts.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||||
ISBN: | 9789811968860 | ||||||
Book Title: | International Handbook on Education Development in the Asia-Pacific | ||||||
Editor: | Lee, Wing On and Brown, Phillip and Lin Goodwin, A. and Green, Andy | ||||||
Official Date: | 16 November 2023 | ||||||
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Page Range: | pp. 513-527 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/978-981-19-6887-7_22 | ||||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
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