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Xiangyun Li; Qi Shen – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2024
It is increasingly recognized that agency plays an essential role in shaping language-in-education policy (LEP) and influencing the learning process. Research on agency has not yet adequately engaged with the field of heritage education and maintenance in diasporas. Drawing on Shohamy's and Bonacina-Pugh's conceptualization of declared, perceived,…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Heritage Education, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries
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Lee, Cher Leng – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2012
Three-quarters of Singapore's population consists of ethnic Chinese, and yet, learning Chinese (Mandarin) has been a headache for many Singapore students. Recently, many scholars have argued that the rhetoric of language planning for Mandarin Chinese should be shifted from emphasizing its cultural value to stressing its economic value since…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Language Planning, Language Proficiency
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Poon, Anita Y. K. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2010
This monograph provides an overview of the language situation in Hong Kong from a historical perspective. Hong Kong has evolved in the past 167 years from a small fishing port to an international financial centre which forms part of a financial network hailed by "Time Magazine" as Ny.Lon.Kong (i.e. New York-London-Hong Kong). Hong Kong…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Language Planning, Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese
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McDermott, Philip – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
Debates surrounding linguistic heritage in Northern Ireland have primarily centred on Irish (Gaelic) and Ulster-Scots. However, closer analysis suggests that there have long been other languages spoken in the region. Cantonese, Mandarin, Polish, Lithuanian and Portuguese are all spoken throughout Northern Ireland as the region experiences…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese