Neo-liberalism, globalization, language policy and practice issues in the Asia-Pacific region

Majhanovich, Suzanne

doi:10.1080/02188791.2013.875650

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“…In the last decade, as laid out in a 2012 White Paper, a concerted desire for involvement in the global knowledge economy, for global competency and global cultural awareness is addressed in Taiwanese educational reform policies (Yang, 2013). In order to achieve this, more attention is given to ‘western forms of knowledge, and to global priority subjects such as mathematics and science, and English’ (Majhanovich, 2014: 175). The intention of these franchised English buxibans to show their connection with the world is seen in the nouns and adjectives referring to the world, such as ‘world’, ‘cross-national’ and ‘international’ in examples 29, 30 and 31, as well as their description of the status of English in examples 32 and 33 below:…”

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An examination of the self-presentation of the top five franchised English buxibans in Taiwan

Chang

2019

Research in Comparative and International Education

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This study aims to uncover the connection of shadow education with other discourses in society through exploring the self-presentation of the top five leading franchised English buxibans in Taiwan by adopting a multimodal discourse analysis to examine their homepage and brand story webpage. The findings suggest that these top five leading franchised English buxibans present themselves as ‘a trustworthy, reliable, professional and caring edu-business’, ‘an expert in English language teaching’, ‘a bridge to the world’ and ‘an independent system growing out of mainstream education’. The multiple self-presentations reveal shadow education does not operate in isolation, but acts like an assemblage in which several discourses are entangled and interact with each other to make sense of it. The findings reflect the implicit socio-cultural values or beliefs, show its connection with other discourses in the society and further suggest research on shadow education should be rooted in the local discourse.

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An examination of the self-presentation of the top five franchised English buxibans in Taiwan

Chang

2019

Research in Comparative and International Education

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“…The rationale for EMI lies in the anticipation of the youth's successful participation in the global market (Majhanovich 2014). It also came to Vietnam under the pressure of competition and globalisation like elsewhere.…”

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Under the impacts of globalisation: the rising power of English as a foreign language (EFL) and the corresponding response of EFL policy in Vietnam

Phan

2021

SN Soc Sci

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Foreign language planning and policy in developing countries such as Vietnam have been experiencing transformations since the whole nation, heading to a knowledge economy, is subject to the influence of globalisation with cross-border flows of people, ideas, technology advancement and policies. The entrance of international organisations into the country such as the World Bank (WB), World Trade Organisation (WTO) or the participation in regional organisations like Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) or Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have even more accelerated the impacts on the foreign language planning, in which English is put at heart. As part of the vision for the country to be more recognisable in global and regional political, economic and cultural forums, English as a foreign language (EFL) has received fervid support from the Vietnamese government. This has led to numerous changes in the EFL policy during the past decades. The paper will examine how English has gained power in the Vietnamese society, looking emphatically into the push from these international organisations. It will also draw on policy documents regarding the EFL planning policy to shed light on how English is placed within the schooling system in response to globalisation to argue that English is regarded by the Vietnamese government as a powerful tool to mediate its global integration.

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“…As a result of internationalization, Australian universities now incorporate domestic and international students of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds (Rhoades, 2016;Urban & Palmer, 2014;Welch, 2002). The origins of internationalization are identified within tenets of 20 th century neoliberalism, and its policies of market driven forces through the predominance of the English language in order to promote the economization of education (Chang, 2015;Doiz, Lasagabaster, & Sierra, 2014;Ha & Barnawi, 2015;Harris, 2008;Lave, 2012;Majhanovich, 2014;Wang, Castro, & Cunningham, 2014). Furthermore, economization of education through managerialism and neoliberal diversity policies has fostered this increased diversity on university campuses, immersing students within these diverse higher-education environments (Britez & Peters, 2010;Greyser & Weiss, 2012;Pang & Wang, 2016;Rea, 2016).…”

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Postgraduate University Students’ Experiences and Attitudes Toward Culturally Diverse Learning Environments

Şahin

Jenkins

2021

TQR

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In this paper we investigate the attitudes that Australian domestic university students hold toward cultural diversity on a large, metropolitan university campus. We employed a qualitative approach incorporating five individual semistructured interviews, and a focus group in order to gather data on the participants’ attitudes toward cultural diversity, and the contributing influences on these attitudes. The findings of this study indicate that the participants’ attitudes were impacted significantly by past and present experiences of cultural diversity, and the immersion in a culturally diverse university campus. The research contextualizes how these life experiences are responsible for shaping attitudes toward cultural diversity on university campus and provides an insight into the influence of cultural diversity on Australian university campuses, including how such diversity policies have influenced attitudes. Importantly it discusses how more culturally inclusive learning environments can be created on university campus to accommodate this increasing diversity and how this translates into a more successful learning environment.

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Neo-liberalism, globalization, language policy and practice issues in the Asia-Pacific region

Cited by 28 publications

References 24 publications

An examination of the self-presentation of the top five franchised English buxibans in Taiwan

An examination of the self-presentation of the top five franchised English buxibans in Taiwan

Under the impacts of globalisation: the rising power of English as a foreign language (EFL) and the corresponding response of EFL policy in Vietnam

Postgraduate University Students’ Experiences and Attitudes Toward Culturally Diverse Learning Environments

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