Language Policy, Culture, and Identity in Asian Contexts

Tsui, Amy Β. M.; Tollefson, James W.; Celedón‐Pattichis, Sylvia; Brinkerhoff, Jonathan

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“…This approach seems to confirm that the effect of globalisation can be two-way between the West and other parts of the world (Block, 2008). Tsui and Tollefson (2007b) point out that the roles of English can be universal, but each nation with its own national identity adopts English in a selective way to promote its identity. Accordingly, they define national identities as "imagined communities" which are "discursively constructed" (Tsui & Tollefson, 2007a, p. 9).…”

Section: National Identity and National Language Policymentioning

confidence: 74%

“…National identity, articulated by national language policy, has been seen as one of the contributing factors for increasing and diverse EMI practices in Asian countries (Tollefson & Tsui, 2004;Tsui & Tollefson, 2007b). While acknowledging that globalisation has brought about the widespread use of English in Asia as a "much sought-after commodity" (Tsui & Tollefson, 2007b, p. 2) with paradoxes, this approach specifically emphasises the role of government and national language policies in promoting EMI.…”

Section: National Identity and National Language Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They include globalisation (Doiz et al, 2012;Lo Bianco, 2010), development (Coleman, 2011a;Kirkpatrick, 2012b), power (Cheng, 2012;Crystal, 2011), and national identity and language policy (Tollefson & Tsui, 2004;Tsui & Tollefson, 2007b).…”

Section: Theorising Emi Developmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Also, Tsui and Tollefson (2007b) further investigate the notion of language policies in three aspects: language management, language ideology, and language practices (Spolsky, 2004 as cited in Tsui & Tollefson, 2007a). This appears to be a useful framework to analyse various English education policies across Asian countries.…”

Section: National Identity and National Language Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Vietnamese Agenda of Adopting English as a Medium of Instruction

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English as a medium of instruction has been recently adopted in Vietnam's educational system. This gives rise to a concern as why a Vietnamese-speaking country decided to endorse EMI programs as one of its critical educational reforms. This paper aims to analyse the literature to explore the various agendas (social, economic, political, and educational) that underlie the EMI expansion. It examines the world literature as a framework of reference for analysing the Vietnamese case. Hopefully, the paper will provide policymakers and implementers insights into the EMI processes to maximise the benefits and avoid pitfalls.

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“…The "rejuvenation" of a unique local identity is argued to be a response to the encroaching Chinese national discourse (Fung 2001). Yet, the label "Hong Konger" is commonly conceptualized as a hybrid of the local, the national, and the global (Brewer 1999;Lock 2003;Tsui and Tollefson 2007), or, in the words of Mathews (1997), different clusters of "Chinesenese plus something else." As Scollon (1998) observes, "the essence of Hong Kong identity lies in the ambivalence that comes with learning to be a speaker of Ch'i in a land of Ch'u speakers" (277), i.e.…”

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Spaces of consumption and senses of place: a geosemiotic analysis of three markets in Hong Kong

Lou

2017

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While spaces of consumption have been extensively studied in geography, recent sociolinguistic research on metrolingual markets, semiotic landscapes, and translanguaging space present new ways to examine the linguistic, semiotic, and sensory aspects of these prosaic spaces. Integrating these perspectives in a geosemiotic framework, this paper examines the interactions in three markets in Hong Kong which have emerged as important social spaces for three participants during a larger ethnographic project. Through video walks, interviews, and participant observations, it is found that each market embodies a unique configuration of the geosemiotic aggregate and the customers selectively attended to specific modes of communication and sensory properties of the spaces, which in turn shaped their experiences of the place. Thus, this paper suggests that situated analyses of linguistic, semiotic, and material resources in everyday interactions can contribute to a better understanding of the dialogical relationship between spaces of consumption and senses of place.

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Postsecondary schooling ideologies of Nepalese American families in the United States

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In this article, I explore the postsecondary schooling ideologies of Nepalese American refugee families in the United States. Framing these ideologies through the theory of transnationalism, I demonstrate how parent and family engagement—facilitated in part by the RISE Colorado program—allows individuals to forge cross‐country connections and foster a sense of global citizenship. Specifically, the findings from this qualitative analysis suggest that resettled parents and families link their country of origin (Nepal) to their country of settlement (the United States) by sharing stories of their migration and encouraging their children to diligently pursue higher education. The Nepalese American families in this study have a wealth of educational knowledge gained from their migration and refugee experiences, although they may not readily acknowledge their knowledge as valuable. These findings have implications for higher education practice, including: the rhetoric used on college campuses, the utility of mentoring clusters, and the development of orientation and family engagement programs.

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Language Policy, Culture, and Identity in Asian Contexts

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The Vietnamese Agenda of Adopting English as a Medium of Instruction

The Vietnamese Agenda of Adopting English as a Medium of Instruction

Spaces of consumption and senses of place: a geosemiotic analysis of three markets in Hong Kong

Postsecondary schooling ideologies of Nepalese American families in the United States

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