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Language and Education Policies in Southeast Asia: Reorienting towards Multilingualism-as-Resource
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Lee, Huan Yik; Hamid, M. Obaidul; Hardy, Ian – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
Over the past few decades, many Southeast Asian governments have promoted English language education (hereafter ELE) as a linguistic pathway for developing human capital and improving global economic competitiveness of their nations. However, Kirkpatrick (2017. Language education policy among the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Second Language Teacher Professional Development: Technological Innovations for Post-Emergency Teacher Education. Digital Education and Learning
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Sadeghi, Karim, Ed.; Thomas, Michael, Ed. – Digital Education and Learning, 2023
This edited book brings together documented evidence and theoretical propositions on the essential mediating role of digital technology in L2 teacher education and professional development. Topics range from technological affordances in teacher education, to challenges and responses to emergency transition from face to face to virtual professional…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Faculty Development
Mother Tongue and Early Childhood Care and Education: Synergies and Challenges
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Shaeffer, Sheldon F. – UNESCO Bangkok, 2020
Two major, inter-related issues are analysed in this paper -- mother tongue (MT) and early childhood care and education (ECCE). Evidence tells us that learning first in one's MT leads to better outcomes in the future -- for individuals, cultures, and nations. But MT is used rarely in ECCE programmes and the early grades of primary school so that…
Descriptors: Native Language, Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Language of Instruction
Early Language Learning and Teacher Education: International Research and Practice. Early Language Learning in School Contexts
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Zein, Subhan, Ed.; Garton, Sue, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2019
Language teacher education is widely identified as one of the most important areas that needs addressing in order to improve early language instruction, yet research into teacher education for early language teachers remains relatively sparse. This volume responds to this gap by compiling studies with diverse methodological tenets from a wide…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Second Language Learning, Teacher Education, Educational Research
Success or Failure of Primary Second/Foreign Language Programmes in Asia: What Do the Data Tell Us?
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Baldauf, Richard B., Jr.; Kaplan, Robert B.; Kamwangamalu, Nkonko; Bryant, Pauline – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2011
Primary school second/foreign language (SL/FL) programmes in Asia, as well as in other parts of the world, are becoming more common, with many targeting English as the SL or FL. The pressures for such English language programmes come from top-down notions that in a globalised world English is required for societies to be competitive, especially…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Innovating EFL Teaching in Asia
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Muller, Theron, Ed.; Herder, Steven, Ed.; Adamson, John, Ed.; Brown, Philip Shigeo, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
This collection offers a distinctly Asian voice for English language education and addresses some of the unique needs of Asian learners in EFL contexts. Teachers and researchers from nine Asian countries present some of the most current and innovative research in five distinct and fascinating areas of EFL teaching and learning. This book is…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Picture Books, Boarding Schools, Learning Strategies