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English as an International Language in Asia: Implications for Language Education

Beschreibung

Even as Anglophone power wanes in Asia, and China and India rise, the role of the English language in the region continues to develop. How are students in Asian nations such as Vietnam, Malaysia and China itself being taught English? This much-needed overview analyzes the differing language education policies of selected countries that also include Indonesia, Japan and Sri Lanka. Noting ASEAN's adoption of English as its sole working language, it traces the influence of globalization on English language education in Asia: in many systems, it pushes local languages off the curriculum and is taught as a second language after the national one.Informed by a comprehensive review of current research and practice in English teaching in Asia, this volume considers the many different roles English is playing across the region, as well as offering an informed assessment of the prospects of English-and Chinese-being a universal language of communication.

Autor

Andy Kirkpatrick, geboren 1971, ist einer der bekanntesten Extremkletterer, Buchautoren und Bergfilmer Englands. Nach einer schwierigen Jugend in einem Armenviertel der Hafenstadt Hull an Englands Ostkueste fand er seine Passion als Kletterer und spezialisierte sich auf haerteste Winterbesteigungen und Solobegehungen im technischen Stil in den Alpen, im Yosemite Valley und in Patagonien.

Produktdetails

• Multilingual Education 1
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-94-017-8353-8
• 2012
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9789401783538
• ISBN-10: 9401783535
• Artikelnr.: 41727629