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Each country chapter provides a historical overview of the languages in use and language education policies, examines the ideologies underpinning the language choices, and includes an account of the debates and controversies surrounding language and language education policies, before concluding with some predictions for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'It can be a difficult task to keep up with the rapid changes in language education policy as Asian nations try their best to balance preservation of their own languages and adding proficiency in other languages as demanded by the globalized market. This new handbook, edited by two scholars with long experience in the field and with chapters written by local experts, is exactly the resource you need to navigate this everchanging area. It is a significant addition to the literature on the topic.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eBernard Spolsky, Professor Emeritus, Bar-Ilan University, Israel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Choices in language education policy in Asia are remarkably complex. The region contains the most linguistically diverse societies on earth, enriched by ancient and validated literary traditions and dozens of scripts and orthographic traditions. This Handbook will be an invaluable intellectual and practical resource for researchers, teachers, policy makers and community members. It is an impressive effort with a comprehensive coverage of countries and geographic regions, language education policy types and their effects.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eJoseph Lo Bianco, Professor of Language and Literacy Education, University of Melbourne, Australia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Overview\u003c\/strong\u003e1. Language education policy in Asia: An overview\u003cbr\u003eAndy Kirkpatrick and Anthony J. Liddicoat\u003cbr\u003e2. Minority Language Learning in Mainland Southeast Asia\u003cbr\u003eDavid Bradley\u003cbr\u003e3. L1-based multilingual education in the Asia and Pacific region and beyond: Where are we, and where do we need to go? \u003cbr\u003eCarol Benson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Asia\u003c\/strong\u003e4. Language Policies in Education in the People’s Republic of China\u003cbr\u003eAnwei Feng and Bob Adamson\u003cbr\u003e5. Language education policy in Hong Kong\u003cbr\u003eAnita Y.K. Poon\u003cbr\u003e6. Educational Language Policy in Macau: Finding balance between Chinese, English and Portuguese\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Moody\u003cbr\u003e7. Language education policy in Japan \u003cbr\u003eNobuyuki Honna and Junko Saruhashi\u003cbr\u003e8. Language Education Policies in South Korea\u003cbr\u003eJihyeon Jeon \u003cbr\u003e9. Language education policy in North Korea\u003cbr\u003eJae Jung Song\u003cbr\u003e10. Mongolia: Language Education Policy\u003cbr\u003ePhillip Marzluf and Myagmar Saruul-Erdene\u003cbr\u003e11. Language education policy in Taiwan\u003cbr\u003eLi-ying Wu and Ken Lau\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: South-East Asia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Language-in-Education Policy Development in the Philippines\u003cbr\u003eCatherine Young and Tony Igcalinos\u003cbr\u003e13. Language education policy in Vietnam\u003cbr\u003eXuan Nhat Chi Mai Nguyen and Van Huy Nguyen\u003cbr\u003e14. Lao Language Policy \u003cbr\u003eCliff Meyers\u003cbr\u003e15. Language education policy in Cambodia\u003cbr\u003eKimmo Kosonen\u003cbr\u003e16. Language education policy in Thailand\u003cbr\u003eJohn Draper\u003cbr\u003e17. Language Policy in Myanmar\u003cbr\u003ePatrick McCormick\u003cbr\u003e18. Malaysia’s Complex Language Policy Journey via Bahasa Melayu and English\u003cbr\u003eSaran Kaur Gil and Azianura Hani Shaari\u003cbr\u003e19. Language Education Policy: Singapore \u003cbr\u003eRitu Jain and Lionel Wee\u003cbr\u003e20. Language education policy in Indonesia –a struggle for unity in diversity \u003cbr\u003eMichelle Kohler\u003cbr\u003e21. Postcolonial language-in-education policy in globalised times: The case of Timor-Leste\u003cbr\u003eKerry Taylor-Leech\u003cbr\u003e22. Language Policy and Practice in Brunei Darussalam\u003cbr\u003eNoor Azam Haji-Othman, James McLellan and Gary Jones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: South Asia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e23. Language policy in education in India\u003cbr\u003eAjit K. Mohanty\u003cbr\u003e24. Language Education Policy and Inequalities of Multilingualism in Nepal: Ideologies, Histories and Updates \u003cbr\u003ePrem Phyak and Laxmi Prasad Ojha\u003cbr\u003e25. Language Policy in Bhutan\u003cbr\u003eLhundup Dukpa\u003cbr\u003e26. Mother Tongue Education Policy in Pakistan\u003cbr\u003eTariq Rahman\u003cbr\u003e27. Language in education policy in Bangladesh: A neoliberal turn? \u003cbr\u003eM. Obaidul Hamid and Arifa Rahman\u003cbr\u003e28. Language Education Policy in Sri Lanka\u003cbr\u003eIndika Liyanage\u003cbr\u003e29. From a monolingual to a multilingual nation: Analysing the language education policy in the Maldives\u003cbr\u003eNaashia Mohamed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 5: Central Asia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e30. Language education policy in Afghanistan\u003cbr\u003eBrian Spooner and Senzil Nawid\u003cbr\u003e31. Language Planning and Language Policy in Kazakhstan\u003cbr\u003eTimothy Reagan\u003cbr\u003e32. Language-in-education policy in the Central Asian republics of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan\u003cbr\u003eAnthony J. 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