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Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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This book sheds light on the role of mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB MLE) as a means to enhance educational outcomes, creating a space for non-dominant languages alongside more dominant regional, national and international languages. It brings together a number of underlying concerns including the maintenance of non-dominant languages, the context of language policy and planning in shaping this process, the poor educational outcomes of many speakers of non-dominant languages in mainstream education programs and the economic and social importance of becoming multilingual. It focuses on the experiences of those involved in MTB MLE programs in early childhood, primary, secondary, tertiary and adult education from numerous settings in the Asia-Pacific region. This book provides readers with a detailed overview of MTB MLE, with a clear and insightful portrayal of the complex nature of policy and practice in both more accommodating and less accommodating sociopolitical environments.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-01-14
Mått156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBilingual Education & Bilingualism
Antal sidor300
FörlagMultilingual Matters
ISBN9781800419728

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Suwilai Premsrirat was Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and the Founding Director of the Resource Center for Documentation, Revitalization and Maintenance of Endangered Languages and Cultures, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia (RILCA) at Mahidol University, Thailand. Her work was dedicated to the study of minority languages, language revitalization and language education.David Hirsh is Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, Australia. His areas of focus include language revitalization, bilingual education and academic acculturation. Related publications include Endangered Languages, Knowledge Systems and Belief Systems (Peter Lang, 2013) and Language Revitalization: Insights from Thailand (co-edited with Suwilai Premsrirat, Peter Lang, 2018).

ContributorsSuwilai Premsrirat and David Hirsh: IntroductionPart 1: Implementing Multilingual Education Chapter 1. Susan Malone: Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education: Rationale, Purpose and Process in Asia and the PacificChapter 2. Joseph Lo Bianco: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? Multilingual Education in Asia PacificChapter 3. Muhammad Zaman Sagar and Susan Malone: Establishing Multilingual Education Programs in Non-Dominant Language CommunitiesChapter 4. Dennis Malone and Erona Paschal Matti: Implementing Multilingual Education: The Parkari Community Development ProgramPart 2: Pedagogy in Multilingual Education Chapter 5. Sheldon F. Shaeffer: Mother Tongue and Early Childhood Care and Education: Synergies and ChallengesChapter 6. Suwilai Premsrirat and Dennis Malone: Multilingual Education in Primary Grades: The Case of the Patani Malay-Thai Multilingual Education Project (Thailand)Chapter 7. Ashley South, Emily Stenning and Tim Schroeder: Multilingual Education: Politics and Pedagogy: A Case Study on Myanmar’s Ethnic Education SystemsChapter 8. Kirk R. Person and Mirinda Burarungrot: Multilingual Education and Teacher Training in ThailandPart 3: Multilingualism, Literacy Development and Identity Chapter 9. Susan Malone: Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education That Supports Multilingualism and Multiliteracy: Examples from Asia and the PacificChapter 10. Stephen L. Walter and Mirinda Burarungrot: Assessment of Multilingual Education ProgramsChapter 11. Stephen L. Walter: The Impact of Partial Proficiency in the Language of Instruction on Learning Outcomes in Basic EducationChapter 12. Panadda Pananil and Panadda Rerkplian: Obstacles to Identity Development and the Need for Multilingual Education: A Case Study of Shan Students in Chiang Mai, ThailandPart 4: Developments in Multilingual Education Chapter 13. Jessica Ball and Mariam Smith: Developments in Multilingual Education in Cambodia 2000 to 2020Chapter 14. Kirk R. Person: What’s Next? Future Challenges for the Asia-Pacific Multilingual Education Movement

A movement towards multilingual education has emerged in Asia over the past three decades. Non-dominant languages are now used in many education systems in the region. This comprehensive work, written by some of the best-informed people of this movement, provides a detailed and multifaceted account of the developments. It’s a must-read for anyone interested in education that respects linguistic diversity.