Languages other than English in Australian higher education : policies, provision, and the national interest / Jennifer Joan Baldwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baldwin, Jennifer Joan, author.

Series:

Language policy (Monographic series) ; v. 17.

Language Policy ; volume 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching (Higher)--Australia.

Language and languages.

Multicultural education--Australia.

Multicultural education.

Multiculturalism--Australia.

Multiculturalism.

Language policy.

Language and languages--Study and teaching (Higher).

Australia.

Language policy--Australia.

Physical Description:

256 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]

Contents:

1.1 Australia: The British Colony p. 1

1.4 Discussion of Literature and Other Sources p. 8

2 The Founding of Australian Universities p. 17

2.1 The Foundation of Universities in the Colonies p. 18

2.2 Two British Colonies: Canada and New Zealand p. 20

2.3 A Second University in Melbourne, Australia p. 21

2.4 A Third Colonial University in Adelaide p. 23

2.5 The Later Colonial Universities p. 24

2.6 The Language Offerings of the Universities p. 26

2.7 The Importance of the Classical Languages p. 26

2.8 Modern European Languages p. 29

2.9 The Melbourne Solution for More Languages p. 36

2.10 Asian Languages p. 38

3 Post-War Expansion p. 45

3.1 Post-World War II Australia p. 47

3.2 The Mills Report: The First Reckoning p. 50

3.3 Murray Report and More Commonwealth Control p. 52

3.4 Martin Report: A New Framework for Higher Education p. 55

3.5 The First Survey of Language Teaching p. 59

3.6 Auchmuty Report: The First Asian Languages Report p. 60

3.7 Concurrent Language Surveys: Kramer and the Academy of the Humanities p. 61

3.8 The Galbally Report: Migrant Services and Programs p. 65

3.9 National Policy on Languages p. 68

3.10 The Dawkins Era: Reforms and More Reports p. 69

4 Australia: Both Multicultural and Multilingual p. 75

4.1 Migration to Australia p. 76

4.2 Academic Interest in Migrant Languages p. 80

4.3 Assimilation to Integration p. 82

4.4 The End of the White Australia Policy and the White Zealand Policy p. 85

4.5 Kramer Report: A Timely Report into Languages p. 88

4.6 A New Government in a New Era p. 90

4.7 Galbally Report: A Report for Migrant Services p. 91

4.8 The Consequences for Community Languages p. 95

4.9 The Fortunes of Ukrainian and Yiddish: Case Studies p. 98

5 Three Trade Languages: Japanese, Chinese and Indonesian p. 105

5.1 Australia/Japan Contact Begins with Trade p. 106

5.2 Japanese Language p. 107

5.3 Defence Needs Japanese Skills p. 110

5.4 From Defence Needs to Trade Needs p. 111

5.5 The Influence of Universities on Japanese in Schools p. 113

5.6 Chinese Migration to Australia p. 115

5.7 Trade and Diplomacy with China p. 117

5.8 The Imperative for Chinese Language Teaching p. 118

5.9 Oriental and Asian Studies Expand p. 120

5.10 Official Recognition of China p. 123

5.11 Indonesia: Trade First Then Security and Defence p. 125

5.12 Government Commitment to Indonesian Language Teaching p. 127

5.13 Auchmuty and Kramer Reports: Stocktakes for All Languages p. 129

5.14 The Testing of Diplomatic Relations and Language Popularity p. 130

6 Three Strategic Languages: Russian, Korean and Arabic p. 137

6.1 Early Australian Relationships with Russia p. 139

6.2 Russian Language Begins at University of Melbourne p. 141

6.3 Collapse of Soviet Union p. 146

6.4 Australia's Relationship with Korea p. 148

6.5 Arabic: A Pluricentric and Religious Language p. 152

6.6 Arabic as a Scholarly Language p. 152

6.7 Arabic as a Migrant Language p. 154

6.8 Arabic as a Trade Language p. 157

6.9 Waning Support for Arabic in the Universities p. 158

7 Languages in the 1990s: The Context and the Changes p. 161

7.1 Comparison of University Languages Structures p. 162

7.2 A Case Study of the University of Melbourne p. 164

7.3 A Review of Languages p. 170

7.4 The New School of Languages at the University of Melbourne p. 173

7.5 Other Universities' Languages Structures in 1999 p. 175

7.6 Political Implications for Languages p. 178

7.7 Reports from the Academic Sector p. 179

8 The Asian or Global Century? p. 183

8.1 Government Languages Policy from Mid 1990s to Early 2000s p. 184

8.2 Internationalisation p. 187

8.3 Differing Understanding of the Role of Languages p. 188

8.4 Australia in the Asian Century p. 190

8.5 The New Colombo Plan p. 191

8.6 The Languages Component of the Australian Curriculum p. 193

8.7 The Stakeholders for Languages p. 195

8.8 Current Issues: Collaborative Arrangements p. 196

8.9 New Models: University of Melbourne and UWA p. 198

8.10 New Countries (and Languages) of National Interest? p. 200

8.11 The Global Perspective: Languages Elsewhere in the English-Speaking World p. 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783030057947

3030057941

OCLC:

1066186157