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Ali, Nor Liza – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2013
The literature shows that English-medium instruction (EMI) programmes at the tertiary level in various parts of the world have positioned EMI as a language-planning tool to promote students' mastery of English. English proficiency is believed to be intertwined with the overall economic development of a country. In addition to internationalising…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Language Planning
Mukherjee, Hena; Singh, Jasbir Sarjit – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1985
The role that education plays in Malaysia's attempt to eliminate social and economic imbalance is discussed and the outcomes in the educational system brought about by post-independent educational planning are examined. (RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum, Developing Nations, Economic Change
Kirkpatrick, Andy, Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers comprises proceedings from the 5th English in South East Asia Conference, held in December 2000 at Curtin University of Technology in Perth. The 19 papers include the following: (1) "Global English and Local Language Policies" (Robert Phillipson); (2) "Hong Kong Parents' Preference for English-Medium…
Descriptors: Cantonese, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education