Multilingual Education in South Asia: At the Intersection of Policy and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780367746049 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 174 str.

Lina Adinolfi; Usree Bhattacharya; Prem Phyak

Opis

This edited volume seeks to capture and elucidate the challenges, approaches and possible solutions associated with language-in-education policies across South Asia. Aimed at academics and practitioners, it offers insights into education policy, in particular their wider implications and applications across rich multilingual settings.

Spis treści

1. The dynamics of bilingual education in post-conflict Sri Lanka 2. Multilingual practices in Indian classrooms: Exploring and supporting teacher awareness and classroom strategies 3. English as a medium of instruction, social stratification and symbolic violence in Nepali schools: Untold stories of Madhesi children 4. Policy to practice, national to local: Multilingual education at the meso and micro levels of Western Nepal 5. Multilingualism and English learning in Pakistan: Towards an effective multilingual policy 6. Bilingual early schooling among tribal children in India: Evidence of long-term learning gains 7. Medium of instruction, outcome-based education (OBE) and language education policy in Bangladesh 8. Participation of Saora children in MLE and MLE Plus schools in Odisha, India: Lessons learned and lessons to learn