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Languages other than English in Australian Higher Education

Author : Jennifer Joan Baldwin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 303005795X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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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 262 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.

Tertiary Language Teacher-Researchers Between Ethics and Politics

Author : Chantal Crozet
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429000359
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)

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Book Synopsis Tertiary Language Teacher-Researchers Between Ethics and Politics by : Chantal Crozet

Download or read book Tertiary Language Teacher-Researchers Between Ethics and Politics written by Chantal Crozet and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together a range of perspectives from tertiary language and culture teachers and researchers, this volume highlights the need for greater critical engagement with the question of language teacher identity, agency and responsibility in light of an ever changing global socio-political and cultural landscape. The book examines the ways in which various moral, ethical, and ideological dimensions increasingly inform language teaching practice for tertiary modern/foreign language teachers, both collectively as a profession but also at the individual level in everyday classroom situations. Employing a narrative inquiry research approach which combines brief autobiographical reflections with semi-structured interview data, the volume provides a comprehensive portrait of the processes ten teacher-researchers in Australia working across five different languages engage in as they seek to position themselves more purposefully within a critical, political and ethical framework of teaching practice. The book will serve as a springboard from which to promote greater understanding and discussion of the impact of globalisation and social justice corollaries within the field, as well as to mediate the gap between language teaching theory and practice, making this key reading for graduate students and researchers in intercultural communication, language teaching, and language teacher education.

Intersections in Language Planning and Policy

Author : Jean Fornasiero
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030509257
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Intersections in Language Planning and Policy written by Jean Fornasiero and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume encompasses the range of issues encountered by language scholars who teach and research in departments of languages and cultures within the higher education system, predominantly in Australia, but touching other universities worldwide. Related studies on language planning, methodology or pedagogy have focused on one or more of these same issues, but rarely on their totality. Intersections as a metaphor running discreetly through the essays in this volume, connects them all to a lived reality. The field of languages and cultures, as it is practised and reflected upon in Australian universities, is essentially an interdisciplinary and interconnecting space - one in which linguistic and disciplinary diversities meet and join forces, rather than collide or disperse along different pathways. The international and local studies featured here focus on language planning, new pedagogies and language reclamation and link to meeting points and commonalities. They show that language scholars are increasingly finding themselves on common ground as they tackle issues of policy and practice affecting their field, whether within their institutions, within the tertiary system, or within the framework of government policy.

Developing Critical Languaculture Pedagogies in Higher Education

Author : Adriana Raquel Díaz
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783090375
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Developing Critical Languaculture Pedagogies in Higher Education by : Adriana Raquel Díaz

Download or read book Developing Critical Languaculture Pedagogies in Higher Education written by Adriana Raquel Díaz and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite widespread agreement about the need to develop interculturally competent graduates, there is a lack of agreement about how this goal may be achieved in practice. This is significant as universities around the world, particularly in English-speaking countries, have espoused an interculturally-aware vision for their future graduates and turned to language education, as an inherently intercultural activity, to expose students to a world which is linguistically and culturally different from their own. This book focuses on narrowing the gap between the often conflicting theoretical and practical imperatives faced by language teachers in an internationalised higher education context. It does so by providing comprehensive conceptual discussions of emerging critical intercultural language pedagogies as well as empirical accounts and case studies from the frontline.

The Australian Embassy in Tokyo and Australia–Japan Relations

Author : Kate Darian-Smith
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1760465402
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)

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Book Synopsis The Australian Embassy in Tokyo and Australia–Japan Relations by : Kate Darian-Smith

Download or read book The Australian Embassy in Tokyo and Australia–Japan Relations written by Kate Darian-Smith and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relations between Australia and Japan have undergone both testing and celebrated times since 1952, when Australia’s ambassadorial representation in Tokyo commenced. Over the years, interactions have deepened beyond mutual trade objectives to encompass economic, defence and strategic interests within the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. This ‘special relationship’ has been characterised by the high volume of people moving between Australia and Japan for education, tourism, business, science and research. Cultural ties, from artists-in-residence to sister-city agreements, have flourished. Australia has supported Japan in times of need, including the aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. This book shows how the Australian embassy in Tokyo, through its programs and people, has been central to these developments. The embassy’s buildings, its gardens and grounds, and, above all, its occupants—from senior Australian diplomats to locally engaged staff—are the focus of this multidimensional study by former diplomats and expert observers of Australia’s engagement with Japan. Drawing on oral histories, memoirs, and archives, this volume sheds new light on the complexity of Australia’s diplomatic work in Japan, and the role of the embassy in driving high-level negotiations as well as fostering soft‑power influences. ‘With a similar vision for the Indo-Pacific region and a like-minded approach to the challenges facing us, Australia and Japan have become more intimate and more strategic as partners. I am very pleased to see this slice of Australian diplomatic history so well accounted for in this book.’ — Jan Adams AO PSM, Secretary, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Australia’s Ambassador to Japan, November 2020–June 2022

Maintaining Minority Languages in Transnational Contexts

Author : A. Pauwels
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230206395
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis Maintaining Minority Languages in Transnational Contexts by : A. Pauwels

Download or read book Maintaining Minority Languages in Transnational Contexts written by A. Pauwels and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-04-17 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deals with challenges to the maintenance of minority (or community) languages in this era of globalization and increasing transnational movements of people. The contributors, experts in language policy, language maintenance and multilingualism offer complementary perspectives from Australia and Europe on the maintenance of linguistic diversity.

Languages in Australian Education

Author : Anthony J. Liddicoat
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 144381816X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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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.

International Handbook on Education Development in the Asia-Pacific

Author : Wing On Lee
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 981196887X
Total Pages : 2588 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book International Handbook on Education Development in the Asia-Pacific written by Wing On Lee and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 2588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Springer International Handbook of Educational Development in Asia Pacific breaks new ground with a comprehensive, fine-grained and diverse perspective on research and education development throughout the Asia Pacific region. In 13 sections and 127 chapters, the Handbook delves into a wide spectrum of contemporary topics including educational equity and quality, language education, learning and human development, workplace learning, teacher education and professionalization, higher education organisations, citizenship and moral education, and high performing education systems. The Handbook is grounded in specific Asia Pacific contexts and scholarly traditions, using unique country-specific narratives, for example, Vietnam and Melanesia, and socio-cultural investigations through lenses such as language identity or colonisation, while offering parallel academic discourse and analyses framed by broader policy commentary from around the world.

Student Equity in Australian Higher Education

Author : Andrew Harvey
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811003157
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Student Equity in Australian Higher Education written by Andrew Harvey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines twenty-five years of the Australian framework for student equity in higher education, A Fair Chance for All. Divided into two sections, the book reflects on the legacy of equity policy in higher education, the effectiveness of current approaches, and the likely challenges facing future policymakers. The first section explores the creation of the framework, including the major elements of the policy, the political context of its development, and how it compares with international models developed during the same period. The performance of the six student equity groups identified within the framework is also examined. The second section of the book considers future trends and challenges. The Australian university sector has undergone seismic change in the past twenty-five years and faces further changes of equal magnitude. The twenty-fifth anniversary of A Fair Chance for All comes as Australian higher education is poised for another wave of transformation, with rising expansion, competition, and stratification. While the emerging landscape is new, the questions have changed little since A Fair Chance for All was first conceived: How should we define student equity, and what policies are likely to promote it?

Standards of English in Higher Education

Author : Neil Murray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316453529
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Standards of English in Higher Education written by Neil Murray and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The student demographic of universities today has changed quite dramatically from even a decade ago. As universities seek to internationalise, widen participation and derive attendant reputational and financial benefits, along with greater opportunities for research collaborations and industry links, they also face a growing challenge associated with what Neil Murray terms 'the English language question'. In particular, as the proportion of students of non-English speaking backgrounds entering universities increases, there is growing concern over levels of language proficiency and what this can mean for educational standards, the student experience and, ultimately, institutional standing. Standards of English in Higher Education unpacks a number of key and interrelated issues - for example, the assessment of proficiency and the structure and nature of provision - that bear on the question of English language standards, and in doing so offers a frank and critical appraisal of English language in higher education today.

Migration, Education and Translation

Author : Vivienne Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000740862
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Migration, Education and Translation written by Vivienne Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multidisciplinary collection examines the connections between education, migration and translation across school and higher education sectors, and a broad range of socio-geographical contexts. Organised around the themes of knowledge, language, mobility, and practice, it brings together studies from around the world to offer a timely critique of existing practices that privilege some ways of knowing and communicating over others. With attention to issues of internationalisation, forced migration, minorities and indigenous education, this volume asks how the dominance of English in education might be challenged, how educational contexts that privilege bi- and multi-lingualism might be re-imagined, what we might learn from existing educational practices that privilege minority or indigenous languages, and how we might exercise ‘linguistic hospitality’ in a world marked by high levels of forced migration and educational mobility. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in education, migration and intercultural communication.

Handbook of Undergraduate Second Language Education

Author : Judith W. Rosenthal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135676631
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Undergraduate Second Language Education written by Judith W. Rosenthal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date description of the wide array of second language programs currently available to undergraduate students in the United States and abroad. It brings together, for the first time, detailed descriptions of programs in foreign language, English as a second language (ESL), dual language (bilingual), American Sign Language, Native American, and heritage languages. Addressing both theory and practice, the volume presents the historical development, current practices, and future directions of each type of program, along with detailed case studies. For second language teachers, academic administrators, and teacher educators, this Handbook provides information that will be useful in making instructional and programmatic planning decisions.

Higher Education Re-formed

Author : Peter Scott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113569981X
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Higher Education Re-formed written by Peter Scott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-18 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specially commissioned contributions edited by some of the most respected academics currently working in the field of higher education, drawing the situation as it is now and looking forward to the developments of the coming years. It asks questions such as will 'Dearing' prove to be little more than a stop-gap? What will be the balance of power between education institutions, the state and the private sector? What are the realities behind 'lifelong learning', and what form will it take if it steps out of the realms of theory?

Language Planning and Policy

Author : Anthony Liddicoat
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1847690637
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Language Planning and Policy written by Anthony Liddicoat and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2008 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language problems potentially exist at all levels of human activity, including he local contaxts of communities & institutions. This volume explores the ways in which language planning works as a local activity in a wide variety of contexts around the world & deals with a wide range of language planning issues.

Language Planning and Student Experiences

Author : Joseph LoBianco
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783090065
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Language Planning and Student Experiences written by Joseph LoBianco and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a timely comparison of the divergent worlds of policy implementation and policy ambition, the messy, often contradictory here-and-now reality of languages in schools and the sharp-edged, shiny, future-oriented representation of languages in policy. Two deep rooted tendencies in Australian political and social life, multiculturalism and Asian regionalism, are represented as key phases in the country’s experimentation with language education planning. Presenting data from a five year ethnographic study combined with a 40 year span of policy analysis, this volume is a rare book length treatment of the chasm between imagined policy and its experienced delivery, and will provide insights that policymakers around the world can draw on.

Boys and Foreign Language Learning

Author : J. Carr
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230501656
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Boys and Foreign Language Learning written by J. Carr and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-11-29 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors examine the continuing poor relationship between boys and the study of foreign languages. Framed by discussion of gender socialization, gendered curriculum practices and cultural narratives about boys and schooling, the core of the book is constructed by boys themselves.

Training Teachers of Chinese in Australia

Author : Chen Shen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000441792
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Training Teachers of Chinese in Australia written by Chen Shen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese language, the first language spoken and used by the largest population in the world, has witnessed a significant global increase. Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) has thus received unprecedented attention, and teaching and learning of CSL have transcended the national boundary. This book reports a case study of training teachers of CSL in Australia with a significant implication to the western English-speaking countries such as Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA. The book is unique in several ways. On a theoretical level, the book analyses knowledge-based and competence-based teacher education, provides an in-depth examination of post-method pedagogy and deconstructs traditional aspects of second language teacher education, making a case for the new concept of "three dimensions". On a practical level, the Australian-based case study employs qualitative methods to gather the feedback from teacher educators, teacher trainees and students who are undergoing CSL training, and further reports on studies on CSL teaching practicum in local schools and abroad. Training Teachers of Chinese in Australia is a book for established scholars, researchers, educators, and research higher degree students who are interested in teacher education, second and foreign language education and Chinese as a second language (CSL).