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Author : K. M. Rudd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780724257676
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (576 download)
Download or read book Asian Languages and Australia's Economic Future written by K. M. Rudd and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joshua A. Fishman
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 9781853594922
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (949 download)
Download or read book Can Threatened Languages be Saved? written by Joshua A. Fishman and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defenders of threatened languages all over the world, from advocates of biodiversity to dedicated defenders of their own cultural authenticity, are often humbled by the dimensity of the task that they are faced with when the weak and the few seek to find a safe-harbour against the ravages of the strong and the many. This book provides both practical case studies and theoretical directions from all five continents and advances thereby the collective pursuit of "reversing language shift" for the greater benefit of cultural democracy everywhere.
Author : Gerhard Leitner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316472965
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Download or read book Communicating with Asia written by Gerhard Leitner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-11 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communicating with Asia brings together an international team of leading researchers to discuss South, South-East, East and Central Asia, and explore Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi-Urdu, Malay, and Russian as major languages. The volume locates English inside a number of national, regional or lingua franca contexts and illustrates the way it develops in such contact situations. Local dynamics affecting languages in contact and cultural links of languages are dealt with, such as educational-political issues and tensions between conflicting norms. In today's global world, where the continent is an increasing area of focus, it is vital to explore what it means to 'understand' Asian cultures through English and other languages. This important new study will be of interest to students and researchers working in the fields of regional studies, English as a global language, Asian languages and cultural studies.
Author : Anthony J. Liddicoat
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 144381816X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Languages in Australian Education written by Anthony J. Liddicoat and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12-14 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia has a reputation for sustained work in language policy and has had over 20 years of experience of language policy development. During these years, language policies have sought to increase and reshape languages education in Australian schools, but have had only limited success in achieving their objectives. This means that Australia’s extensive work in language policy has not yet guaranteed a secure place for languages within education. After a period of comparative neglect of languages and multiculturalism, Australia is now entering a new phase of activity in language policy and it is timely to consider critically what has and has not been achieved to date and the reasons why. The aim of this book is to examine the current state, nature, role and purposes of languages in Australian education as a basis for considering a viable, encompassing language education policy. The book is divided into four specific focus areas for discussion, each of which is based on a core theme in Australian languages education: engaging with diversity; the current state of policy and participation in languages education and languages teacher education; current orientations to languages education, and future possibilities and directions in languages education. Underlying the discussion is the recognition that at this particular juncture in languages education policy in Australia it is necessary to re-examine constructs, research, evidence and practice as the basis for renewal. The book presents a collection of papers dealing with each of the themes and aims to give greater focus to the contemporary debates around languages in education in Australia and more generally.
Author : Kirrilee Jane Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (953 download)
Download or read book To what Ends? written by Kirrilee Jane Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Asia literacy' is an Australian aspiration to 'know Asia'. This thesis is thus a study of place, of language and of identity in relation to both 'Asia' and 'Australia'. I employ a critical spatial perspective and argue for the importance of context in conceiving the rationale for, objectives of and agency within Asia literacy. Context is not simply a question of classrooms and resources, or of which Asian societies and languages to prioritise. Rather, context is created in languages and cultural studies education through the value assigned to those language and cultures, the people who embody them and the places from which they originate. In this thesis, I argue that context within Asia literacy transcends physical classrooms in Australian schools and universities to also encompass the broader Australian community; educational institutions outside Australia and in Asia; and speech communities of Asian languages located within and beyond Australia. My focus in this thesis is not on investigating why provision and proficiency targets for Asian languages and Asian studies education, which comprise Asia literacy, have not been achieved. Rather, I am driven by the shortcomings in how Asia literacy has been conceptualised. What exactly is Asia literacy, who does it target and to what ends? I focus on conceptualisations of Asia literacy in Australia during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, which are also reflected in recent discussions and debates. Through a close reading of official reports into Asia literacy from these periods, as well as interviews with report writers, I demonstrate that rationale, objectives and agency have been narrowly conceptualised within Asia literacy. Australian education systems and their students have been the focus of Asia literacy. This excludes students and teachers from Asian backgrounds and conceals 'latent Asia literacy' within the broader Australian community. The rationale for Asia literacy has been increasingly linked to economic advantage: for Australian individuals and for the Australian nation. This 'economic promise' overlooks the fundamental importance of place for languages and cultural studies education. Languages do not have intrinsic values; their value is connected to those who use them. Value cannot be 'constructed' in a language independent of its speech communities. This means that future attempts to increase Australia's linguistic and cultural knowledge of 'Asia' cannot solely focus on languages and cultural studies education delivered in schools and universities. 'Asia', 'Asians' and the broader Australian community have important roles to play within Asia literacy in Australia. In this thesis, I also present the Australia-Indonesia 'Building Relationships through Intercultural Dialogue and Growing Engagement' (BRIDGE) project as a 'circuit breaker' to conventional conceptualisations of Asia literacy. By digitally connecting Australian and Indonesian schools, teachers and students, BRIDGE creates a third place in between Australia and Indonesia, transforming the objects of Indonesian language and cultural studies in creative subjects. The diversity of approaches that can be accommodated within BRIDGE for 'Indonesia literacy' also present a new model for broader 'Asia literacy' in Australia.
Author : Rebecca Cairns
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000770370
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Asia Literacy Dilemma written by Rebecca Cairns and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asia literacy dilemma brings forward a novel approach to the long-standing global debates of Asia-related teaching and learning. By bringing into focus ‘Asia’ as a curriculum area, the book provides original commentary on the rationale and feasibility of ‘Asia literacy’ and its role and significance within and for twenty-first-century education. The book’s unique contribution lies in a comprehensive problematisation of ‘Asia’ as planned, enacted and experienced curriculum, bringing together policy, teacher practice and student experiences to present an extensive discussion. By contextualising the problematics of Asia-related curriculum within contemporary national and transnational curriculum challenges, Cairns and Weinmann take account of conflicting discourses of nation-building, ethnocentrism, transnationalism, geo-economics and the purposes of twenty-first-century education. Its use of interview data with teachers and students recentres key actors that are often sidelined in official curriculum policy discourse. The book also introduces the concept of curricularisation to describe the process through which objects and discourses of curriculum are produced and reproduced. In doing so, the book presents a comprehensive discussion of the impossibilities and possibilities of Asia curriculum in the Australian context, providing an innovative longitudinal and integrated understanding of the status quo of Asia curriculum. Highlighting the urgent need to reinvigorate the re-emerging centrality of curriculum in recent education debates around policy, teacher standards, assessmentand learning outcomes, this book is an important reference for education policy experts and academics in the fields of curriculum studies, teacher education and studies of Asia.
Author : D. Rumley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780792371274
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (712 download)
Download or read book The Geopolitics of Australia's Regional Relations written by D. Rumley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-06-30 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The origins of this book go back 30 years to the stimulation and interest generated by the political geography seminars led by John House at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. I was very fortunate to graduate among its extremely capable, sporty and enthusiastic "class of '68" from where several academic geographers emerged. Equally fortunately, some of them and their predecessors had already blazed a trail to undertake graduate studies in Canada. At the University of British Columbia I was supervised at different times by Julian Minghi and Victor Prescott, both of whom are not only extremely capable academics but are also very fine people. lowe an enormous debt to John, Julian and Victor and to the British and Canadian taxpayers who provided financial support for my University studies. In 1974, I began an academic career at the University of Western Australia where I have been ever since, save for a two-year period from 1991-3 as Professor of Australian Studies in the Department of International Relations at the University of Tokyo. Viewing Australia and the Asia-Pacific region from this different perspective within an extremely supportive Japanese environment had a profound impact. I am especially grateful for the support provided by so many Japanese academic colleagues and friends beginning as early as 1976. Three individuals deserve special mention for their help, guidance and enduring friendship - George Ohshima, Hiroshi Tanabe and Akihiro Kinda.
Author : Jennifer Joan Baldwin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 303005795X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Languages other than English in Australian Higher Education written by Jennifer Joan Baldwin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book researches the study of languages other than English, and their place in the Australian tertiary sector. Languages are discussed in the context of the histories of Australian universities, and the series of reports and surveys about languages across the second half of the twentieth century. It demonstrates how changes in the ethnic mix of society are reflected in language offerings, and how policies on languages have changed as a result of societal influences. Also discussed is the extent to which influencing factors changed over time depending on social, cultural, political and economic contexts, and the extent to which governments prioritised the promotion and funding of languages because of their perceived contribution to the national interest. The book will give readers an understanding as to whether languages have mattered to Australia in a national and international sense and how Australia’s attention to languages has been reflected in its identity and its sense of place in the world.
Author : Michael Clyne
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110805448
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Pluricentric Languages in an Immigrant Context written by Michael Clyne and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.
Author : Yilu Yang
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303110580X
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Chinese Language Use by School-Aged Chinese Australians written by Yilu Yang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the use of Chinese by school-aged Chinese Australians from a dual-track culturalisation perspective. Drawing upon interviews, participant observations and documentary analysis, the author discusses why and how these children learn and use Chinese in multiple social settings, and how they construct their understanding of language and identities in doing so. The book will appeal to students and scholars in the fields of sociolinguistics, migration studies, sociology of education, language and communication amongst other areas in the social sciences.
Author : Neil Baumbart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Studies of Asia written by Neil Baumbart and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ping Chen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136854460
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Language Planning and Language Policy written by Ping Chen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the major issues of language planning and policy in Japan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Vietnam, particularly those relating to the selection of official language, script, and written language.
Author : Christine Halse
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317806611
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Asia Literate Schooling in the Asian Century written by Christine Halse and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization, migration, transnational movements and the development of the tiger economies of Asia have led education leaders and policy makers around the world but particularly in Australia, the USA, Canada, and New Zealand to view schools as key sites for developing ‘globally competent’, ‘Asia literate’ citizens who have the capabilities to live, work and interact with the peoples, cultures and societies of Asia. In what has been dubbed the ‘Asian Century’, nations are increasingly seeking to transform their schooling policies, curricula, and teaching workforces to engage with the growing influence of the peoples, cultures and societies both within and beyond Asia. This is the first book to subject to critical scrutiny and analysis the concepts, policies and practices of schooling involved in building intercultural relations with the diverse contemporary manifestations of ‘Asia’. It brings into dialogue scholars who are at the forefront of current thinking, policy and practice on Asia-related schooling, and contributes to a broader, international debate about the future shape of intercultural schooling in a global world. Asia Literate Schooling in the Asian Century offers chapters on: • Learning Asia: In search of a new narrative • Asia Literacy as Experiential Learning • Professional Standards and Ethics in Teaching Asia Literacy • The Feasibility of Implementing Cross-Curricular Studies of Asia • Deparochialising Education and the Asian Priority: A Curriculum (Re)Imagination This book will appeal to scholars and practitioners in Education, and is suitable as a reference for teacher education courses. It will also interest scholars specialising in Asian Studies.
Author : Michael Singh
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137542829
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)
Download or read book Localising Chinese written by Michael Singh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents innovative strategies for teaching the Chinese language to English-speaking students around the world, using in-depth research arising from a long-running and successful Chinese language teaching programme in Sydney. Throughout the book its authors emphasise the importance of teaching methods which explore the relevance of Chinese to all aspects of students’ everyday lives; ‘Localising Chinese’ by folding it into students’ everyday sociolinguistic activities performed in English. The research presented here demonstrates how, through school-driven, research-oriented service-learning, university graduates from China learnt to use student-centred learning-focused language education as a basis for professional learning. In the context of China’s growing influence in the global academic community, this book addresses the urgent need to promote effective communication and partnerships. It provides a valuable resource for language teachers and teacher educators, as well as education researchers in the areas of international education, linguistics, the sociology of education and knowledge exchange.
Author : Mary Kalantzis
Publisher : Common Ground
ISBN 13 : 1863350535
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (633 download)
Download or read book Literacy Matters written by Mary Kalantzis and published by Common Ground. This book was released on 2001 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploration of the ways in which literacy and its teaching has changed to reflect a new diversity of racial, social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Contributors explore the emergence of 'multiliteracies': from the more broad perspectives of policy implications to specific case studies in classroom and home settings. Simultaneously published in paperback and downloadable PDF format. Includes notes on contributors and references.
Author : Leong Yew
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136884114
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Alterities in Asia written by Leong Yew and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the politics of identity in Asia and explores how different groups of people inside and outside Asia have attempted to relate to the alterity of the places and cultures in the region through various modes (literary and filmic representation, scholarly knowledge, and so on) and at different points in time. Although coming from different perspectives like literary criticism, film studies, geography, cultural history, and political science, the contributors collectively argue that Asian otherness is more than the dialectical interplay between the Western self and one of its many others, and more than just the Orientalist discourse writ large. Rather, they demonstrate the existence of multiple levels of inter-Asian and intercultural contact and consciousness that both subvert as much as they consolidate the dominant ‘Western Core-Asian periphery’ framework that structures what the mainstream assumes to be knowledge of Asia. With chapters covering a wealth of topics from Korea and its Cold War history, to Australia's Asian identity crisis, this book will be of huge interest to anyone interested in critical Asian studies, Asian ethnicity, postcolonialism and Asia cultural studies. Leong Yew is an Assistant Professor in the University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore. He is the author of The Disjunctive Empire of International Relations (2003).
Author : Australian Institute of International Affairs. National Conference
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Future Pacific Economic Order written by Australian Institute of International Affairs. National Conference and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of papers from the 1992 National Conference of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. Examines events in the Pacific rim from state, national and international perspectives, focusing on trade and Australia's role in the region. Contributors include Wayne Goss, Robert Hill and John Kerin. Includes an index.
