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Direct linkAlbury, Nathan John – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2019
This paper analyses divergence between national language policy on the one hand, and perceptions of it on the other. In ethnocratic Malaysia, language policy codifies the supremacy of Bahasa Malaysia as part of a broader ethnonationalist policy agenda that pedestalises the ethnic Malays and curtails the rights of Chinese and Indian-Malaysians. A…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Language Planning, Indonesian, Ethnic Groups
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 reviewedBostock, William – Babel: Australia, 1994
Discusses the historical development of Bahasa Indonesia, the official language of the Republic of Indonesia, and Bahasa Malaysia, the official language of the Federation of Malaysia. (30 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Colonialism, Diachronic Linguistics, Dutch
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
Adams, Karen L., Ed.; Brink, Daniel T., Ed. – 1990
Essays on the campaign to establish English as the United States' official language include: "Official Languages and Language Planning" (Richard Ruiz); "Una lingua, una patria?: Is Monolingualism Beneficial or Harmful to a Nation's Unity?" (David F. Marshall and Roseann D. Gonzalez); "Canadian Perspectives on Official…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Communication
