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Download full textMin, Huang; Kangdi, Cheng – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
Bilingual education policy in Singapore permits the students learn both English as working language and mother tongues, such as Chinese, as L2 anchoring to culture heritage. Starting from historical and sociolinguistic reasons, this paper is intended to provide a panoramic view of Chinese education in Singapore, clarify and compare Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociolinguistics, Second Language Programs, Chinese
Direct linkNg, Chin Leong Patrick – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
In 1966, the Singapore Government implemented the English-knowing bilingual policy which made it mandatory for all Chinese students to study English as a "First Language" and the Chinese language (CL) as a "Mother Tongue Language" in Singapore schools. Using key literature relevant to Singapore's bilingual educational policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Chinese
Pakir, Anne – World Englishes, 2009
This paper considers the problems, the properties, and the prospects of using "English as a lingua franca" as a construct and as a reality. It will therefore focus on what is meant by the term "lingua franca", what is represented as a "lingua franca", and what the debates are about English as a lingua franca. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Official Languages, Language Variation
Goh, Christine – ELT Journal, 2009
English language teachers' opinions on the pedagogic relevance of spoken grammar are beginning to be reported, yet the voices of teachers in East Asia are rarely heard. In this article, the views of teachers from China and Singapore expressed in an online discussion are compared. The discussion, which was part of a taught postgraduate course,…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Oral Language, Written Language, Standard Spoken Usage
Zhang, Lawrence Jun – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2004
This paper explores curriculum evolution processes in relation to sociocultural considerations with respect to a (teacher-of-English-as-a-foreign-language) TEFL program conducted in Singapore for inservice (English-as-a-foreign-language) EFL trainee-teachers from the People's Republic of China (PRC). It reports on how curriculum evolution was…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Teacher Education Programs, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change
