Language Society And Education In Singapore

Author : Saravanan Gopinathan
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish Academic
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language, Society, and Education in Singapore written by Saravanan Gopinathan and published by Marshall Cavendish Academic. This book was released on 1998 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art volume on the interrelationship of developments in language, society and education in Singapore moving into the 21st century.

Author : Evangelos A. Afendras
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9789971690168
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language and Society in Singapore written by Evangelos A. Afendras and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : S. Gopinathan
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish Academic
ISBN 13 : 9789812101242
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language, Society and Education in Singapore written by S. Gopinathan and published by Marshall Cavendish Academic. This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9087901240
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language, Capital, Culture written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singapore has been taken by many researchers as a fascinating living language policy and planning laboratory. Language and education policy in Singapore has been pivotal not only to the establishment and growth of schooling, but to the very project of nation building. Since their inception, ‘mother tongue’ policies have been established with two explicit goals. Firstly there is the development and training of human and intellectual capital for the expansion and networking of a Singaporean service and information economy. Secondly there is the maintenance of cultural heritage and values as a means for social cohesion and, indeed, the maintenance of community and regional social capital. These tasks have been fraught with tension and contradiction, both in relation to the conditions of rapid cultural, economic and political change in Asia and globally, but as well because of the tensions between the so called ‘world language English’ and Singapore’s three other official languages, Tamil, Malay and Mandarin. This has been complicated, of course, by the challenges of vibrant regional dialects and the emergence of Singlish as a powerful medium of community life.

Author : Saravanan Gopinathan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language, Society, and Education in Singapore written by Saravanan Gopinathan and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kok Cheong Lee
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9789971690670
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language and Language Education written by Kok Cheong Lee and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James W. Tollefson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135632618
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medium of Instruction Policies written by James W. Tollefson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-10-03 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medium of instruction policies in education have considerable impact not only on the school performance of students and the daily work of teachers, but also on various forms of social and economic (in)equality. In many multiethnic and multilingual countries, the choice of a language for the medium of instruction in state educational systems raises a fundamental and complex educational question: what combination of instruction in students' native language(s) and in a second language of wider communication will ensure that students gain both effective subject-content education, as well as the second-language skills necessary for higher education and employment? Beyond this educational issue of choice of language(s) of instruction, medium of instruction policies are also linked to a range of important sociopolitical issues, including globalization, migration, labor policy, elite competition, and the distribution of economic resources and political power. The contributors to this volume examine the tension between the educational agendas and other social and political agendas underlying medium of instruction policies in different countries around the world, and unravel the connections between these policies and the related, critically important educational, social, political, and economic issues. Medium of Instruction Policies: Which Agenda? Whose Agenda? is intended for scholars and specialists in education, language policy, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and language teaching, and is intended for use in graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on language education and language policy.

Author : Lisa Lim
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888028421
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English in Singapore written by Lisa Lim and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English in Singapore provides an up-to-date, detailed and comprehensive investigation into the various issues surrounding the sociolinguistics of English in Singapore. Rather than attempting to cover the usual topics in an overview of a variety of English in a particular country, the essays in this volume are important for identifying some of the most significant issues pertaining to the state and status of English in Singapore in modern times, and for doing so in a treatment that involves a critical evaluation of work in the field and new and thought-provoking angles for reviewing such issues in the context of Singapore in the twenty-first century. The contributions address the historical trajectory of English (past, present and possible future), its position in relation to language policy and multiculturalism, the relationship between the standard and colloquial varieties, and how English can and should be taught. This book is thus essential reading for scholars and students concerned with how the dynamics of the English language are played out and managed in a modern society such as Singapore. It will also interest readers who have a more general interest in Asian studies, the sociology of language, and World Englishes.

Author : Jill Bourne
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135726760
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Yearbook of Education 2003 written by Jill Bourne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issues raised by the role of language in education are some of the most important and contentious faced by education systems across the globe. Language is embedded in the concepts of nationhood and identity, and is therefore directly linked to the very social and political fabric of a country. In a climate of increasing globalisation, development and mobility of populations, nations around the world are concerned with the tension between cultivating a sense of cultural and linguistic cohesion and making use of the linguistic diversity that exists in every country and region. This book examines the implications and impacts, the dilemmas and potential for language education in relation to education systems and wider society. Split into three key parts, it considers: *current issues in language education, including the role of language in maintaining power and inequalities, in encouraging participation and inclusion and in challenging the status quo; *different approaches to language education around the world; *the potential for language to provide opportunities for the disadvantaged, illustrated by case studies of three cities. This recent volume of the internationally respected World Yearbook of Education continues the tradition of offering a wide range of international perspectives from leading commentators on a universal concern. The material amassed here will be essential reading for teacher educators, education researchers and school leaders across the world.

Author : Viniti Vaish
Publisher : Sense Pub
ISBN 13 : 9789087901233
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language, Capital, Culture written by Viniti Vaish and published by Sense Pub. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singapore has been taken by many researchers as a fascinating living language policy and planning laboratory. Language and education policy in Singapore has been pivotal not only to the establishment and growth of schooling, but to the very project of nation building. Since their inception, 'mother tongue' policies have been established with two explicit goals. Firstly there is the development and training of human and intellectual capital for the expansion and networking of a Singaporean service and information economy. Secondly there is the maintenance of cultural heritage and values as a means for social cohesion and, indeed, the maintenance of community and regional social capital. These tasks have been fraught with tension and contradiction, both in relation to the conditions of rapid cultural, economic and political change in Asia and globally, but as well because of the tensions between the so called 'world language English' and Singapore's three other official languages, Tamil, Malay and Mandarin. This has been complicated, of course, by the challenges of vibrant regional dialects and the emergence of Singlish as a powerful medium of community life. This book will be the first volume to provide a critical analysis of language policy, curriculum and pedagogical practices in Singapore. It will bring together international and national expertise to examine issues of language policies, curricula and pedagogies in the light of the intensification of cultural and economic globalization in the last decade and as a consequence of a renewed concern with the linguistic and cultural implications that a multi-polar world brings. Indeed, one of the consequences of globalization is the tension between the centrifugal and centripetal forces of tradition and modernity that pull society in opposing directions and that the school is expected to harmonize.