Kirkpatrick, Andy and Liddicoat, Anthony (2017) Language education policy and practice in East and Southeast Asia. Language Teaching, 50 (2). pp. 155-188. doi:10.1017/S0261444817000027 ISSN 0261-4448.
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia H Social Sciences > HM Sociology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Government policy -- China, Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Government policy -- Indonesia, Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Government policy -- Japan, Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Government policy -- Philippines, Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Government policy -- Vietnam, ASEAN, Cultural pluralism, Lingua francas |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Language Teaching |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 0261-4448 |
| Official Date: | April 2017 |
| Dates: | Date Event April 2017 Published 14 March 2017 Available 21 November 2016 Accepted |
| Volume: | 50 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Page Range: | pp. 155-188 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0261444817000027 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 3 April 2017 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 5 April 2017 |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/87434/ |
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