English Language Teaching In East Asia Today: Changing Policies and Practices - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9812103368 ISBN 13: 9789812103369

Publisher: Times Academic Press,Singapore, 2004

Synopsis

Twenty-seven chapters represent the state of English language teaching in 14 countries, highlighting recent developments, emerging trends, and constraints on the practice. General topics, including mutual intelligibility, the role of specific institutions, the impact of globalization, and the use of new technologies also receive some attention. The contributors are language and education scholars working in the region. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

Synopsis:

This volume highlights current trends, developments and the constraints in English teaching in East Asia today and cover the education systems of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (South), Laos PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Other issues discussed include mutual intelligibility in the variety of English that is emerging in East Asian countries, the cross-national role of the SEAMEO Regional Language Centre (RELC) in Singapore in developing and promoting the teaching of English, and also how computer technology can be harnessed as a self-learning tool for students in learning to write well in English. This new edition features numerous updates to the research data and information to reflect the changes in educational policies in the various East Asian countries, including two new chapters on Mongolia and Hong Kong.

All the contributors are 'insiders' in the sense that they are residents in the respective countries or have worked there for a long time; they know the local languages and are able to provide a localised perspective on the different facets of ELT in their respective education systems as well as the challenges facing English teachers there. READERSHIP: Academics, educationists, policy-makers and administrators, and those interested in the study of applied linguistics in an Asian context.

About the Author:

Ruth Y.L. Wong is Associate Professor in the English Language and Literature Academic Group at NIE. Ho Wah Kam was Dean of the School of Education at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and later Senior Research Fellow at the SEAMEO RELC in Singapore.

About this edition

• Publisher: Times Academic Press,Singapore
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 9812103368
• ISBN 13: 9789812103369
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Kam Ho Wah, Wong Ruth T. L.