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Starr, Rebecca Lurie; Kapoor, Shrutika – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2021
Although Singapore schools are English-medium, Mandarin is a compulsory subject for students of Chinese heritage. As young Singaporeans increasingly speak English at home, the required study of Mandarin has become a source of anxiety for families. Mandarin 'enrichment centers', which provide supplementary language classes, leverage this anxiety in…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Enrichment Activities
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Hultgren, Anna Kristina – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2014
This paper aims to contribute to the study of multilingualism in the workplace by analysing top-down language policies advocating parallellingualism at Denmark's eight universities. Parallellingualism, a key concept in Nordic language policy, has been suggested as a way to ensure an equitable balance between English and the Nordic language(s)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Universities, Multilingualism
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Hornberger, Nancy H. – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2014
South African higher education is at a critical juncture in the implementation of South Africa's multilingual language policy promoting institutional status for nine African languages, English, and Afrikaans. South African scholars, not content merely to comment from the sidelines on the policy, its promise, and challenges, have also engaged in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Multilingualism, Language Planning