Multilingual Language Policy and Mother Tongue Education in Timor-Leste: A Multiscalar Approach

Autor/inn/en	Caffery, Jo; Coronado, Gabriela; Hodge, Bob
Titel	Multilingual Language Policy and Mother Tongue Education in Timor-Leste: A Multiscalar Approach
Quelle	In: Language Policy, 15 (2016) 4, S.561-580 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1568-4555
DOI	10.1007/s10993-015-9393-8
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Language Planning; Foreign Policy; History; Foreign Countries; Global Approach; Native Language; Language of Instruction; Pilot Projects; Program Descriptions; Poverty; Literacy Education; Native Language Instruction; Educational Policy; Program Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Sprachwechsel; Außenpolitik; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Ausland; Globales Denken; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Armut; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	This article looks at multilingual, mother-tongue-based language policies influenced by colonial and postcolonial histories and globalization processes. We use multiscalar analysis to show these policies as creative responses to problems affected by national and international forces. Our study focuses on Timor-Leste, specifically a pilot mother-tongue-based multilingual education program. We analyse the program's practices and successful outcomes, in the adverse circumstances of this small, impoverished, recently independent nation, as it attempts to manage high levels of linguistic diversity (16 mother tongues and a five-language destination system) through multilingual education. We also identify tensions and problems that impinge on the outcomes for this ambitious program. Despite the obstacles, Timor-Leste's multiscalar multilingual literacy policy is an important case that reinforces the significance of mother tongue education as a response to global complexity. The pilot program provides valuable lessons for many other parts of the world with similar problems, particularly for nations with comparable colonial histories. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01