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Education in languages of lesser power : Asia-Pacific perspectives /

Pasifika peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand are amongst the fastest growing population of all the minority groups. The 2006 census shows that the Pasifika population makes up 6.9% of the total New Zealand population (Statistics New Zealand 2009). The current projections are that this figure will increa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Volker, Craig Alan, 1953- (Editor ), Anderson, Fred E. (Fred Einar) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]
Colección:Impact, studies in language and society ; 35.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The diversity of Asia-Pacific language ecologies / Craig Alan Volker
  • ch. 2 Education, power and sociolinguistic mobility / Fred E. Anderson
  • pt. I East Asia
  • ch. 3 A Yami language teacher's journey in Taiwan / Victoria Rau
  • ch. 4 Power and other issues in minority language education in China: The case of Bai in Northwestern Yunnan / Picus Sizhi Ding
  • ch. 5 Forming a Korean identity in Japan: The role of a North Korea-affiliated school in the identity formation of three members of one family / Mary Goebel Noguchi
  • pt. II Southeast Asia
  • ch. 6 Patani Malay in Thai education / Suwilai Premsrirat
  • ch. 7 Language in schooling in Timor-Leste / Marie Quinn
  • ch. 8 Bidayuh as a subject at pre-school and primary levels: Moves towards a greater role for a Borneo Indigenous language in the Malaysian education system / Yvonne M. Campbell
  • ch. 9 Sustaining and maintaining a minority language: A case study of the place and use of Tamil in Singapore / Saravaran Gopinathan
  • pt. III Oceania
  • ch. 10 UNESCO's action in culture and the importance of language maintenance in the Pacific / Akatsuki Takahashi
  • ch. 11 State versus community approaches to language revival: The case of Wirangu at the Scotdesco community (South Australia) / Peter Muhlhausler
  • ch. 12 Vernacular education in Papua New Guinea: Reform or deform? / Craig Alan Volker
  • ch. 13 From despised jargon to language of education: Recent developments in the teaching of Norf'k (Norfolk Island, South Pacific) / Peter Muhlhausler
  • ch. 14 Te Reo Maori
  • He Reo Kura? (Maori language
  • A school language?) / Te Mahurehure
  • ch. 15 A study of bilingual education using Samoan language in New Zealand / Meaola Amituanai-Toloa.