Ethnic Contestation and Language Policy in a Plural Society: The Chinese Language Movement in Malaysia, 1952-1967

Autor/inn/en	Yao Sua, Tan; Hooi See, Teoh
Titel	Ethnic Contestation and Language Policy in a Plural Society: The Chinese Language Movement in Malaysia, 1952-1967
Quelle	In: History of Education, 43 (2014) 2, S.251-268 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
DOI	10.1080/0046760X.2014.880751
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Language of Instruction; Educational Policy; Language Planning; Educational History; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Indonesian; Chinese; Elementary Education; Elections; Politics of Education; Nationalism; Political Influences; Ethnic Groups; Social Action; Language Attitudes; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Sprachwechsel; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; China; Chinesen; Elementarunterricht; Election; Wahl; Educational policy; Nationalismus; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Ethnie; Soziales Handeln; Sprachverhalten
Abstract	The Chinese language movement was launched by the Chinese educationists to demand the recognition of Chinese as an official language to legitimise the status of Chinese education in the national education system in Malaysia. It began in 1952 as a response to the British attempt to establish national primary schools teaching in English and Malay to replace the vernacular primary schools. It picked up pace when the Chinese educationists managed to garner political support for their demand. But the Chinese educationists decided to halt the movement prior to the election of an interim local government following political promises to safeguard Chinese education. Unfortunately, subsequent developments did not live up to their expectations, leading to the revival of the movement, which reached new heights prior to the enactment of the National Language Act in 1967. But the movement was strongly contested by the Malay nationalists affiliated to a language action front. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10