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- Deals with language policy, educational policy and nation building in multi-ethnic societies, framed by practical experience in one of Asia’s most ethnically diverse countries, Malaysia
- Highlights political, socio-cultural, economic and knowledge economy factors and their impact on government decisions with regards to language policies and education
- Examines the dynamic tension between national collective identity and ethnic identity in majority and minority ethnic groups
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Multilingual Education (MULT, volume 8)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Industry & Community P'ships, The National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
Saran Kaur Gill
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Language Policy Challenges in Multi-Ethnic Malaysia
Authors: Saran Kaur Gill
Series Title: Multilingual Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7966-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7965-5Published: 08 January 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0304-6Published: 17 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7966-2Published: 09 December 2013
Series ISSN: 2213-3208
Series E-ISSN: 2213-3216
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 124
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Applied Linguistics, Language Education