The National Concept of Education Quality

Yuan, Zhenguo

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-8347-2_4

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“…SE does not fit the current global reality of English use in the world, and SE ideology has caused many adverse consequences in various domains (Meng, 2020). For example, Chinese government makes foreign language policies by referring to groups of research institutions or experts but without comprehensively considering the thoughts of firms and organizations (Yuan, 2000). In the pursuit of SE, language learners gradually lose confidence and there is in general a low evaluation on China English among English learners (Gao and Xu, 2015).…”

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Exploring the standard language ideology in China's language policy

Ning

Stephen

2022

IJCED

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PurposeThis research explores the standard language ideology in Chinese foreign language education policies. The most substantial in relation to language policy and management in regard to language ideology are beliefs associated with the values on the named language and its varieties (Spolsky, 2009). In the standard language ideology, the standard is treated as being valuable linguistic capital and possessing prestige as well as authority. Mandarin is the most well-accepted standard Chinese, and similarly, UK English or US English is the most popular and Standard English (SE) in China.Design/methodology/approachThe theoretical framework in this research is critical discourse analysis (CDA) and discourse-historical approach (DHA) to guide the data collection and data analysis. This research will review recent and seminal literature obtained from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) on language policy in China in relation to standard language ideology. The literature also investigates Chinese state's English language ideologies using official language education policies (FLEPs).FindingsThe results show that standard language ideology is a common mindset found within official state policies in regard to SE. The authors argue that the Chinese trust on the ideology of standard language appears to not be aligned to recent worldwide trends such as globalization and multilingualism.Originality/valueThis research can provide insights into future language planning and language policy in China and shows that the future research could do more on language planning in China.

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