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Yusra, Kamaludin; Lestari, Yuni Budi; Hamid, M. Obaidul – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
Tourism is a service industry that demands well-trained professionals with internationally accredited skills including English language proficiency. Meeting such demands has been one of the foremost concerns of the ASEAN ministries of tourism and education. In collaboration with ASEAN member countries and the Australian government, Indonesian…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Guidelines, Tourism, Hospitality Occupations
Mahapatra, Santosh Kumar; Anderson, Jason – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
This paper proposes a framework for multilingual language-in-education policy implementation, offered as a critically constructive response to India's recent "National Education Policy 2020" (GOI, 2020). Rooted in India's existing educational language policy, our linguistically inclusive 'Languages for Learning' (LFL) framework is, we…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Outcomes of Education, Multilingualism, Language of Instruction
Mohamed, Naashia – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2021
This paper explores the agentive role of school leaders in interpreting and implementing macro language education policies at preschool level in the Maldives. The Preschool Management Act of 2012 initiated a change in the medium of instruction from English to Dhivehi, recognising the importance of developing children's literacy skills in the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Language Planning, Decision Making, Administrator Attitudes
Hajisoteriou, Christina; Angelides, Panayiotis – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2017
The main goal of this study is to examine the barriers and prospects of intercultural education in Cypriot schools of the southern part of the island with regard to not only learning the language of the reception country, but also the language of origin. Taking this as the point of departure, this study aims to explore the content and goals of…
Descriptors: Barriers, Multicultural Education, Immigrants, Acculturation
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Vandeputte-Tavo, Leslie – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2013
Education policy always appears to be controversial, especially in post-colonial nations. In Vanuatu, the dual educative system inherited from the period of colonization has raised many debates. The government of Vanuatu is certainly aware of national educational issues in the school system such as the poor literacy rate and high school fees but…
Descriptors: Creoles, Educational Policy, Language Planning, Foreign Countries
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Li, Minglin – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2011
This paper, drawing on the theoretical framework of critical discourse analysis, examines the general goals and objectives of the national curriculum reform launched by the Ministry of Education in 2001 for Chinese primary schools. Four policy documents relevant to the curriculum reform are analyzed, including Chinese curriculum and English…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning