Assumptions behind Singapore's Language-in-Education Policy: Implications for Language Planning and Second Language Acquisition

Autor/in	Dixon, L. Quentin
Titel	Assumptions behind Singapore's Language-in-Education Policy: Implications for Language Planning and Second Language Acquisition
Quelle	In: Language Policy, 8 (2009) 2, S.117-137 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1568-4555
DOI	10.1007/s10993-009-9124-0
Schlagwörter	Language Planning; Second Language Learning; Bilingual Education; Foreign Countries; Cultural Background; English (Second Language); Language of Instruction; Educational Policy; Academic Achievement; Comparative Analysis; Linguistic Theory; Native Language Instruction; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachwechsel; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Schulleistung; Linguistische Theorie; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Singapur
Abstract	Singapore's officially bilingual education policy, in which the majority of children are schooled through a non-native medium with their "Mother Tongue" (an ethnic heritage language that is not necessarily spoken in the home) as a single school subject only, has resulted in dramatic language shifts in the population and high academic achievement as measured by international comparison studies. Much current second language acquisition theory would predict failure for such a policy. This paper examines the assumptions concerning language planning and second language acquisition underlying the city-state's language-in-education policy, their relation to current theory in the field, and how the case of Singapore can support or challenge these different theories. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10