Towards global multilingualism : European models and Asian realities

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Towards global multilingualism : European models and Asian realities

edited by Rosemary Khoo, Ursula Kreher, and Ruth Wong

(Multilingual matters / series editor, Derrick Sharp)

Multilingual Matters, c1994

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"These papers were first delivered at the conference ... in Singapore in February 1993"--T.p. verso

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Description

The book brings together a variety of articles from Europe and Asia in order to raise questions about the applicability of European models of bilingualism and bilingual education to the linguistic, social and educational realities of Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. The result is a profound rethinking of accepted views concerning multilingualism in Europe and worldwide. In particular, many of the contributors raise doubts about the applicability of widely-held views on language pedagogy associated with the teaching of English as a foreign language and the so-called communicative approach to language learning to the Asian reality.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Hugo Baetens Beardsmore: An Overview of European Models of Bilingual Education 2. Anne Pakir: Making Bilingualism Work: Developments in Bilingual Education in ASEAN 3. Makhan Tickoo: When is a Language Worth Teaching? Native Languages and English in India 4. Louise Dabene: Some Aspects of Multilingualism and Their Educational Implications 5. Tony T.N. Hung: The Role of Phonology in the Teaching of Pronunciation to Bilingual Students 6. D. Gareth Edwards: Education and Welsh Language Planning 7. Vanithamani Saravanan: Language and Social Identity Amongst Tamil-English Bilinguals in Singapore 8. Ruth Y.L. Wong: Strategies for the Construction of Meaning: Chinese Students in Singapore Writing in English and Chinese 9. Nando Masch: The German Model of Bilingual Education

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