Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Premsrirat, Suwilai.

Contributor:

Hirsh, David.

Series:

Bilingual Education & Bilingualism ; 149

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Social aspects--Pacific Area.

Education.

Language policy--Pacific Area.

Language policy.

Multicultural education--Pacific Area.

Multicultural education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Multilingual Matters, 2025.

Summary:

This book explores the benefits and challenges of mother tongue-based multilingual education in numerous settings in the Asia-Pacific region. Centered on the experiences of the language communities concerned, it offers insights into the complex nature of language policy and practice in both more and less accommodating sociopolitical environments.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Introduction

Part 1 Implementing Multilingual Education

1 Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education: Rationale, Purpose and Process in Asia and the Pacific

2 An Idea Whose Time Has Come? Multilingual Education in Asia-Pacific

3 Establishing Multilingual Education Programs in Non-Dominant Language Communities

4 Implementing Multilingual Education: The Parkari Community Development Program

Part 2 Pedagogy in Multilingual Education

5 Mother Tongue and Early Childhood Care and Education: Synergies and Challenges

6 Multilingual Education in Primary Grades: The Case of the Patani Malay-Thai Multilingual Education Project (Thailand)

7 Multilingual Education: Politics and Pedagogy. A Case Study on Myanmar’s Ethnic Education Systems

8 Multilingual Education and Teacher Training in Thailand

Part 3 Multilingualism, Literacy Development and Identity

9 Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education That Supports Multilingualism and Multiliteracy: Examples from Asia and the Pacific

10 Assessment of Multilingual Education Programs

11 The Impact of Partial Proficiency in the Language of Instruction on Learning Outcomes in Basic Education

12 Obstacles to Identity Development and the Need for Multilingual Education: A Case Study of Shan Students in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Part 4 Developments in Multilingual Education

13 Developments in Multilingual Education in Cambodia from 2000 to 2020

14 What’s Next? Future Challenges for the Asia-Pacific Multilingual Education Movement

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781800419742

1800419740

9781800419735

1800419732

OCLC:

1484072298