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Direct linkFei, Yue; Weekly, Robert – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022
This paper addresses the complexity of the linguistic situation in China by examining the language policy and language categorisation in the People's Republic of China (PRC), which has implications for how multilingual speakers conceptualise and practice 'language'. In addition, this paper examines the conceptual framework of translanguaging and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Usage, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Download full textHuebner, Thom – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2019
Despite a century-old narrative as a monolingual country with quaint regional dialects, Thailand is in fact a country of vast linguistic diversity, where a population of approximately 60 million speak more than 70 languages representing five distinct language families (Luangthongkum, 2007; Premsrirat, 2011; Smalley, 1994), the result of a history…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Missaglia, Federica – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2010
This paper is concerned with a specific case of L3 acquisition: the starting position for English vowel acquisition by infant German-Italian bilinguals will be investigated in light of prototype theory. The chosen example of triple language contact is characterised by consecutive bilingualism as the basis of L3 acquisition, where the learners' L2…
Descriptors: Linguistic Borrowing, Phonetics, Vowels, Phonology
Li, David C. S. – AILA Review, 2009
Despite the Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region) government's determination to implement the "mother tongue education" policy amid strong social resistance one year after the handover, English remains a prestigious language in society. The need for Putonghua (Mandarin/Standard Chinese) is also increasing following ever-expanding…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, English (Second Language)
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1975
This volume contains papers presented at the Kittamaqundi Conference on the Uncommonly-Taught Languages, in Columbia, Maryland, September 29-October 2, 1974. The volume has two main sections. The first contains papers dealing with conceptual issues of developing materials for uncommonly-taught languages, without extended reference to any specific…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Career Opportunities, Educational Policy, Instructional Materials
Maamouri, Mohamed – 1998
There is a growing awareness among some Arab education specialists that the low levels of educational achievement and high illiteracy and low literacy rates in most Arab countries are directly related to the complexities of the standard Arabic language used in formal schooling and non-formal education. The complexities mostly relate to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Arabic, Diglossia, Elementary Secondary Education
