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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

The Promotion of English in East Asia at the Turn of the 21st Century: A Politico-Economic and Socio-Cultural Review

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Lin, Han-Yi – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2018

This research provides an interdisciplinary and contextual study on the phenomenon of English promotion at the turn of the 21st century. Through documentary research and semi-structured interviews, it examines the politico-economic and socio-cultural dimensions of English promotion in the context of East Asian countries, including China, Japan,…

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach

Second Language Learning as a Factor in National Development in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Language Information Series, No. 1.

Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1961

The Survey of Second Language Teaching was conducted in 1959-1961 to investigate the nature and extent of the problem of second language learning in developing nations. This document summarizes the survey. It identifies the second language factor in national development, discusses the nature and extent of its problems and surveys the resources…

Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, English (Second Language), French