The Language Question in Pacific Education: The Case of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Research Brief

Autor/inn/en	Low, Marylin; Penland, Destin; Heine, Hilda
Institution	Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu, HI.
Titel	The Language Question in Pacific Education: The Case of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Research Brief
Quelle	(2005), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Language of Instruction; Educational Policy; English (Second Language); Pacific Islanders; Global Approach; Sociolinguistics; Politics of Education; Language Proficiency; Second Language Instruction; Bilingual Education; Cultural Influences; Marshall Islands; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Globales Denken; Soziolinguistik; Educational policy; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Marshall-Inseln; USA
Abstract	This paper uses a sociohistorical lens to examine complex issues surrounding language-in-education policy in Micronesia. It is motivated by the realization that language policy and practice in this region, like many other parts of the world significantly impacted by outside contact, rarely align. This is especially evident in contexts where demands for English have already established themselves and an increasingly global agenda of schools as a primary support to the process of modernization and marketing of the nation-state is firmly in place. Drawing on an example of language policy review from the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), we consider community expectations through various perspectives of local stakeholders as shared in public discussion of language issues in Pacific education. The review raises difficult questions brought into play when persuasive globalizing forces that stress the need to learn English come in contact with a more context-oriented language agenda at home. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10