Overview
- Comprehensive studies cover all aspects of English language education policy in Asia, from policy to practical application in schools
- Clear assessments of current policies and future trends, expertly drafted by specialists
- A critical read for educational researchers, policy makers, and curriculum developers ?
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Language Policy (LAPO, volume 11)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Reviews
“In this ‘age of English’, Robert Kirkpatrick’s timely book outlines the realities, possibilities and challenges of English-language policies in 16 Asian countries. It will be of interest to policymakers, curriculum and course designers, researchers and language teachers. … this collection provides important information about English-language education policies and practices today. Although it deals with Asian settings, I believe it is also relevant for non-anglo-phone and post-colonial contexts elsewhere.” (Pramod Kumar Sah, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, March, 2017)
“English Language Education Policy in Asia presents an in-depth introduction to the development and challenges of English-language education policies of 15 countries and a region (Hong Kong China) in Asia. The volume explores the issue of language policy from the perspectives of sociopolitical, economic, and linguistic shifts, providing a guide to the realities of English-languagepolicies in Asia. … this book will serve as an excellent reference for students, teachers, and researchers in English-language education policy in Asia.” (Xiaoqin Yin, Comparative Education Review, November, 2016)
“This book provides an excellent overview of the language education policies in most of Asia. … this book serves to remind us of the complexities of educational policy planning in a dynamic region like Asia. Policy-makers would find this book a valuable resource for future challenges in policy planning and implementation, especially the teaching of English in a multilingual context.” (Esther Boucher-Yip, Current Issues in Language Planning, Vol. 18 (2), August, 2016)
“Kirkpatrick’s new edited book presents a distinctive and timely volume on the developments and challenges of English language education in Asian countries. Given its highly informative nature, it would be a good reference book for policy-makers, curriculum designers, language teachersand graduate students to read for history and facts of English language education policy development in Asia. … book is well presented and theoretically based and offers a very good combination of hapters on policies and practices in various countries.” (Danping Wang, The Journal of Asia TEFL, Vol. 13 (2), 2016)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: English Language Education Policy in Asia
Editors: Robert Kirkpatrick
Series Title: Language Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22464-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-22463-3Published: 07 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79400-6Published: 27 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-22464-0Published: 27 November 2015
Series ISSN: 1571-5361
Series E-ISSN: 2452-1027
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 388
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Language Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Applied Linguistics