Language Planning for Medium of Instruction in Asia

Abstract

1. Medium of instruction in Asia: Context, process and outcomes M. Obaidul Hamid, Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen and Richard B. Baldauf Jr 2. 'English-only', but not a medium-of-instruction policy: the Japanese way of internationalising education for both domestic and overseas students Kayoko Hashimoto 3. Will the new fine-tuning medium-of-instruction policy alleviate the threats of dominance of English-medium instruction in Hong Kong? Anita Y.K. Poon 4. The impacts of globalisation on EFL teacher education through English as a medium of instruction: an example from Vietnam Dang Thi Kim Anh, Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen and Truc Thi Thanh Le 5. A changing paradigm in language planning: English-medium instruction policy at the tertiary level in Malaysia Nor Liza Ali 6. Navigating through the English-medium-of-instruction policy: voices from the field Nugrahenny T. Zacharias 7. Finding space for non-dominant languages in education: language policy and medium of instruction in Timor-Leste 2000-2012 Kerry Taylor-Leech 8. Language ideologies and local languages as the medium-of-instruction policy: a critical ethnography of a multilingual school in Nepal Prem Phyak 9. Medium of instruction policies and language practices, ideologies and institutional divides: voices of teachers and students in a private university in Bangladesh M. Obaidul Hamid, Iffat Jahan and M. Monjurul Islam 10. Mediating inequalities: exploring English-medium instruction in a suburban Indian village school Usree Bhattacharya 11. The challenge of medium of instruction: a view from Maldivian schools Naashia Mohamed