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Dudley Reynolds; Mansoor Almalki; Fan Fang – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
In this polylog to the special issue on "The rise of Chinese language education policies in the oil-rich Arabian Gulf: New players, discourses and linguistic markets," three researchers with different personal and professional connections to the three languages 'at play' in the region -- English, Chinese, and Arabic -- offer their…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism, Power Structure
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Sara Hillman; Jian Zhao – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
Over the past two decades, the Chinese language has emerged as a global language. Gulf Cooperation Council countries, such as Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, have integrated Chinese language into their educational systems and established Confucius Institutes to promote Chinese language and culture. In Qatar, interest in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chinese, Second Language Instruction, Educational Policy