Language Planning and Student Experiences: Intention, Rhetoric and Implementation |
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Author:
| Bianco, Joseph Lo Aliani, Renata |
Series title: | Bilingual Education and Bilingualism Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-299-73720-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | Multilingual Matters
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $139.95 |
Book Description:
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This book is a timely comparison of the divergent worlds of policy implementation and policy ambition, the messy, often contradictory here-and-now reality of languages in schools and the sharp-edged, shiny, future-oriented representation of languages in policy. Two deep rooted tendencies in Australian political and social life, multiculturalism and Asian regionalism, are represented as key phases in the country s experimentation with language education planning. Presenting data from a...
More DescriptionThis book is a timely comparison of the divergent worlds of policy implementation and policy ambition, the messy, often contradictory here-and-now reality of languages in schools and the sharp-edged, shiny, future-oriented representation of languages in policy. Two deep rooted tendencies in Australian political and social life, multiculturalism and Asian regionalism, are represented as key phases in the country s experimentation with language education planning. Presenting data from a five year ethnographic study combined with a 40 year span of policy analysis, this volume is a rare book length treatment of the chasm between imagined policy and its experienced delivery, and will provide insights that policymakers around the world can draw on."