[PDF] Multilingual Singapore eBook

Author : Ritu Jain
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 36,91 MB
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1000386929

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This volume brings together researchers whose analysis and insights provide a comprehensive and up-to-date account of Singapore’s rich linguistic diversity. Applying a combination of descriptive, empirical, and theoretical approaches, the authors investigate not only official languages such as English, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil, but also minority languages such as the Chinese vernaculars and South Asian and Austronesian languages. The chapters in this volume trace the historical development, contemporary status, and functions of these languages, as well as potential scenarios for the future. Exploring the tension between language policies and linguistic realities in Singapore, the contributions in this volume capture the shifting educational, political, and societal priorities of the community through its past and contemporary present.

Author : John Hajek
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,60 MB
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1783092513

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This volume challenges the monolingual mindset by highlighting how language-related issues surround us in many different ways, and explores the tensions that can develop in managing and understanding multilingualism. The book features analysis and discussion on the use of languages across a range of contexts, including post-migration settlement, policy, education, language contact and intercultural communication.

Author : Peter Siemund
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 24,55 MB
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0429873913

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This volume sets out to investigate the linguistic ecologies of Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai, with chapters that combine empirical and theoretical approaches to the sociolinguistics of multilingualism. One important feature of this publication is that the five parts of the collection deal with such key issues as the historical dimension, language policies and language planning, contemporary societal multilingualism, multilingual language acquisition, and the localized Englishes of global cities. The first four sections of the volume provide a multi-levelled and finely-detailed description of multilingual diversity of three global cities, while the final section discusses postcolonial Englishes in the context of multilingual language acquisition and language contact.

Author : Dr. Mohamed Aidil Subhan
Publisher : Partridge Publishing Singapore
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 11,18 MB
Release : 2018-04-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 154374592X

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This book details concerns, both perceived and real, among the Malay language community against a background of language shift and changing attitudes toward the language as a result of the bilingual policy and to analyze the impact of the English-knowing and Mandarin-led bilingual system. This research will list selected educational review reports and relate it to its impact on Malay language planning and offer a response in terms of pedagogical approaches required to address the changing demographics and language shift among Malay language learners.

Author : Anthea Fraser Gupta
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 28,51 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853592294

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In Singapore, multilingualism is the norm, and English (often the local variety) is widely acquired and used. This book examines the social and historical context of children's English in Singapore, and traces the development of four Singaporean children who have English as a native language. The implications for education and speech therapy are discussed.

Author : Vaughan Rapatahana
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 16,33 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1847697496

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English Language as Hydra argues that, far too often, the English language industry has become a swirling, beguiling monster, unashamedly intent on challenging local lingua-diversity and threatening individual identities. This book brings together the voices of linguists, literary figures and teaching professionals in a wide-ranging exposé of this enormous Hydra in action on four continents.

Author : Viniti Vaish
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 26,59 MB
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9811510881

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This book is the first to apply the theory of translanguaging to multilingual classrooms in an Asian context, offering strategies for teaching specific grammatical and comprehension skills to students struggling to read in English. It also enriches the methodology of coding bilingual transcripts with ideas resulting from a detailed analysis of a large and rich data set. Lastly, the author discusses growth areas in the emerging field of translanguaging and challenges for teachers implementing a translanguaging approach in a superdiverse classroom.