Global Perspectives on Language Education Policies

ISBN-13: 9781138090828 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 238 str.

Opis

The fifth volume in the Global Research on Teaching and Learning English series, this book brings readers up-to-date on the latest developments in research, theory, and practice in a rapidly changing field, presenting research on language policy and planning, with a special focus on educational contexts in which English plays a role.

Spis treści

Foreword by Joseph Lo Bianco.  Preface  1. Introduction  Part 1: The Teacher as Language Planner and Policy Maker  2. Whither Mother-tongue (in) Education?: An Ethnographic Study of Language Policy in Rural Primary Schools in Pakistan  3. Agentic Responses to Communicative Language Teaching in Language Policy: An Example of Vietnamese English Primary Teachers  4. Examining Brazilian Foreign Language Policy and its Application in an EFL University Program: Teacher Perspectives on Plurilingualism  5. Refugee Women in the United States Writing Themselves into New Community Spaces  Part 2: Adoption or Adaptation of Educational Language Policies by/in Institutions  6. Policy Borrowing in University Language Planning: A Case of Writing Centers in Japan  7. Economic Markets, Elite Multilingualism, and Language Policy in Nepali Schools  8. Linguistic Diversity and the Politics of International Inclusion: Challenges in Integrating International Teaching Assistants at a University in the United States  9. Official and Realized Hiring Policy of Assistant Language Teachers in Japan  Part 3: Perspectives of Diverse Stakeholders on Educational Language Policy and Planning  10. Policy and Practicality in Timorese Higher Education: Lessons from Lecturers in Development-related Disciplines  11. The Absence of Language-Focused Teacher Education Policy in U.S. K12 Contexts: Insights from Language Socialization Research in a Ninth-grade Physics Classroom  12. Bilingualism for All?: Interrogating Language and Equity in Dual Language Immersion in Wisconsin  13. Media Discourses of Language Policy and the "New" Latino Diaspora in Iowa  Part 4: Identity and Individual and "Invisible" Language Policy and Planning  14. Rethinking Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students’ Perceptions of Family Language Policies and Identities in an American Afterschool Program  15. Digital Literacy, Language Learning, and Educational Policy in British Columbia  16. Small Stories of/in Changing Times in Paraguay: A Resource for Identity Work in Language Policy Appropriation  17. Challenges of Language Education Policy Development and Implementation in Creole-speaking Contexts: The Case of Jamaica  18. Summary and Concluding Observations