Medium of Instruction Policies Which Agenda? Whose Agenda?

• Main Authors: Tollefson, James W., Tsui, Amy B. M.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Mahwah, N.J Routledge 2004; Taylor and Francis; L. Erlbaum Publishers; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Bilingualism; Bilingualism - Second Language; Cross-cultural studies; Education, Bilingual; Education, Bilingual > Government policy > Cross-cultural studies; English & Literacy; ESL; Government policy; Language Arts; Native language and education; Native language and education > Government policy > Cross-cultural studies; Experimental Bilingual Schools; Regional Languages; Bilingual Education Policy; Indigenous Languages; Ethnolinguistic Groups; Nation Building; Bilingual Teachers; EMI School; Welsh Medium Provision; BIE; Welsh Medium Education; Ethnolinguistic Nationalism; National Languages; CMI School; English Medium Instruction; Qualified Bilingual Teachers; Bilingual Schools; Lingua Franca; Mother Tongue Education; Education System; Colonial Language; Educational Materials; Welsh Medium Schools; Bilingual Education; Language Policy

Medium of instruction policies in education have considerable impact not only on the school performance of students and the daily work of teachers, but also on various forms of social and economic (in)equality. In many multiethnic and multilingual countries, the choice of a language for the medium o...