2003
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-0145-7
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Language and Language-in-Education Planning in the Pacific Basin

Abstract: The last half century has witnessed an explosive shift in language diversity not unlike the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel, but involving now a rapid spread of globallanguages and an associated threat to small languages. The diffusion of global languages, the stampede towards English, the counter-pressures in the form of ethnic efforts to reverse or slow the process, the continued determination of nation-states to assert national identity through language, and, in an opposite direction, the greater toler… Show more

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“…The place and nature of language in the area of education is one key dimension of the relationship between language and social life about which governments make such deliberate choices. This aspect of language policy is conventionally known as language-in-education policy (Baldauf 1990;Kaplan & Baldauf 2002;Paulston & McLaughlin 1994) or acquisition planning (Cooper 1989).…”
Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The place and nature of language in the area of education is one key dimension of the relationship between language and social life about which governments make such deliberate choices. This aspect of language policy is conventionally known as language-in-education policy (Baldauf 1990;Kaplan & Baldauf 2002;Paulston & McLaughlin 1994) or acquisition planning (Cooper 1989).…”
Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For the competence of English expression, it will take time to improve it, because expression is an integrated process including vocabulary choice, background knowledge, logic, and even courage [6]. When the teachers make a teaching plan, maybe it is better for them to take as many aspects as possible into consideration.…”
Section: Tactics To Improve Listening and Speaking Competencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the following sections, five issues related to different aspects of language-in-education policy are briefly analyzed (Kaplan & Baldauf, 2003). They include (1) the inconsistency in starting grade levels for English education (access policy); (2) the shortage of qualified English teachers (personnel policy); (3) the divergence of textbooks being used (materials policy); (4) large classes made up of students with mixed proficiency (access policy); and (5) the effects of EFL education on the learning of other languages (curriculum policy).…”
Section: Issues Concerning the Implementation Of Primary Efl Educatiomentioning
confidence: 99%