Articulation of Medium of Instruction Politics in the Malaysian Chinese Press

Autor/inn/en	Samuel, Moses; Khan, Mahmud Hasan; Ng, Lee Luan; Cheang, Kin Wai
Titel	Articulation of Medium of Instruction Politics in the Malaysian Chinese Press
Quelle	In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 35 (2014) 2, S.206-218 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0159-6306
DOI	10.1080/01596306.2012.745731
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Foreign Countries; Chinese; Newspapers; Minority Groups; Public Policy; Ethnicity; Language of Instruction; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Science Instruction; Mathematics Instruction; Indonesian; Language Attitudes; Asians; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ausland; China; Chinesen; Newspaper; Zeitung; Ethnische Minderheit; Öffentliche Ordnung; Ethnizität; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Sprachverhalten; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate
Abstract	In postcolonial multilingual societies, matters of education are deeply rooted in the discourse of ethnicity. In Malaysia, the interface between ethnicity and education is reflected in recent debates on the choice of medium of instruction (MOI). In 2002, the Malaysian government introduced English as MOI by replacing Malay, the national language, for teaching mathematics and science, at the school level. However, in 2009, the policy was reversed to Malay. This policy initiative has been actively contested in the Malaysian media. Through an analysis of news reports on the controversy published by the Malaysian Chinese newspaper, "Nanyang Siang Pao", this paper aims to illustrate how a sizeable ethnic minority is able to position itself vis-à-vis a national policy. To explain the ethno-political construction of MOI debates in the newspaper, we use two concepts, namely, "plurality of struggles" (Laclau, 2006a, 2006b; Laclau & Mouffe, 1985) and "transmission of the speech of others" (Bakhtin, 1981). These notions are contextualized in the macro-context of a multi-ethnic polity in which Chinese society, Chinese press and Chinese education are seen to co-construct community interests. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10