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Peer reviewedSchiffman, Harold F. – Language and Communication, 1992
An examination of the cases of English in India and Malaysia and High German in Switzerland illustrates the many contradictions and difficulties in language policy and their effects on language status planning in terms of overt and covert language policies, linguistic register and repertoire, and the congruence between policy and polity. (34…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, German, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedPakir, Anne – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1992
Summarizes current theoretical and practical issues of second-language learning and teaching in the national curricula of Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei Darussalam. Postcolonial developments in each country influence the theory and practice of first- and second-language acquisition. Of importance also are the attitudes and expectations of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
