The Routledge International Handbook of Language Education Policy in Asia

This must-have handbook offers a comprehensive survey of the field. It reviews the language education policies of Asia, encompassing 30 countries sub-divided by regions, namely East, Southeast, South and Central Asia, and considers the extent to which these are being implemented and with what effect. The most recent iteration of language education policies of each of the countries is described and the impact and potential consequence of any change is critically considered. Each country chapter provides a historical overview of the languages in use and language education policies, examines the ideologies underpinning the language choices, and includes an account of the debates and controversies surrounding language and language education policies, before concluding with some predictions for the future.

Andy Kirkpatrick is Professor in the Department of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences at Griffith University, Australia. Anthony J. Liddicoat is Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom.

Notes on contributors Part 1: Overview1. Language education policy in Asia: An overview Andy Kirkpatrick and Anthony J. Liddicoat 2. Minority Language Learning in Mainland Southeast Asia David Bradley 3. L1-based multilingual education in the Asia and Pacific region and beyond: Where are we, and where do we need to go? Carol Benson Part 2: Asia4. Language Policies in Education in the People's Republic of China Anwei Feng and Bob Adamson 5. Language education policy in Hong Kong Anita Y.K. Poon 6. Educational Language Policy in Macau: Finding balance between Chinese, English and Portuguese Andrew Moody 7. Language education policy in Japan Nobuyuki Honna and Junko Saruhashi 8. Language Education Policies in South Korea Jihyeon Jeon 9. Language education policy in North Korea Jae Jung Song 10. Mongolia: Language Education Policy Phillip Marzluf and Myagmar Saruul-Erdene 11. Language education policy in Taiwan Li-ying Wu and Ken Lau Part 3: South-East Asia 12. Language-in-Education Policy Development in the Philippines Catherine Young and Tony Igcalinos 13. Language education policy in Vietnam Xuan Nhat Chi Mai Nguyen and Van Huy Nguyen 14. Lao Language Policy Cliff Meyers 15. Language education policy in Cambodia Kimmo Kosonen 16. Language education policy in Thailand John Draper 17. Language Policy in Myanmar Patrick McCormick 18. Malaysia's Complex Language Policy Journey via Bahasa Melayu and English Saran Kaur Gil and Azianura Hani Shaari 19. Language Education Policy: Singapore Ritu Jain and Lionel Wee 20. Language education policy in Indonesia -a struggle for unity in diversity Michelle Kohler 21. Postcolonial language-in-education policy in globalised times: The case of Timor-Leste Kerry Taylor-Leech 22. Language Policy and Practice in Brunei Darussalam Noor Azam Haji-Othman, James McLellan and Gary Jones Part 4: South Asia 23. Language policy in education in India Ajit K. Mohanty 24. Language Education Policy and Inequalities of Multilingualism in Nepal: Ideologies, Histories and Updates Prem Phyak and Laxmi Prasad Ojha 25. Language Policy in Bhutan Lhundup Dukpa 26. Mother Tongue Education Policy in Pakistan Tariq Rahman 27. Language in education policy in Bangladesh: A neoliberal turn? M. Obaidul Hamid and Arifa Rahman 28. Language Education Policy in Sri Lanka Indika Liyanage 29. From a monolingual to a multilingual nation: Analysing the language education policy in the Maldives Naashia Mohamed Part 5: Central Asia 30. Language education policy in Afghanistan Brian Spooner and Senzil Nawid 31. Language Planning and Language Policy in Kazakhstan Timothy Reagan 32. Language-in-education policy in the Central Asian republics of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Anthony J. Liddicoat. Index