M Obaidul Hamid
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 112289 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | M Obaidul Hamid |
| NOMBRES | M Obaidul |
| APELLIDO | Hamid |
| FIRMA | HAMID M O |
| AFILIACIONES | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3205-6124 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 88 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 255 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 88 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
‘Tracking’ learning
This article provides preliminary insights into how a particular data technology platform was introduced into one school site in a large Australian state and how it served as a ‘policy instrument’. The research draws upon critical data studies, and notions of risk, to develop the metaphor of ‘tracking’ in relation to students’ learning; such tracking helps to elaborate the myriad ways in which data were understood in the context of this platform.…
‘Self’ and ‘othering’ as a byproduct of large‐scale assessment
While Gaokao, the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), has been extensively discussed outside the Chinese academic circle, the retake policy of the test has not received much attention. Moreover, Gaokao research in China has predominantly examined the effectiveness of the retake decision in relation to students' demographic characteristics. Qualitative research that examines the impact of the Gaokao retake policy on the lives of test‐tak…
Heritage languages as transnational capital and habitus
Aims and objectives: This study explores how three first-generation Chinese immigrants manipulated Chinese as a heritage language (CHL) as part of their transnational habitus and capital to defuse the impact of structural constrains on their economic wellbeing in Australia. Methodology: The paper is part of a larger research project which uses ethnographic case study within Bourdieu’s theory of practice to examine how transnational habitus and ca…
Use of English in engineering workplace
The existing body of research on workplace English for engineers highlights the significance of English in the engineering work. However, there is limited understanding of the use of English in the engineering profession in terms of the frequency of English use, the relative importance of macro skills such as speaking and writing, and the functions of the English language. This study examined diaries written by 97 in-service mechanical engineers …
Evolution of local English and going beyond English-only in curriculum and textbooks in Bangladesh
This article traces the evolution of local English and its relationship with Bangla, the national language, by examining textbooks from different curriculum regimes in Bangladesh. During the early years of independence, English teaching relied on textual resources produced in the Inner Circle. In 1986, when a new textbook for Years 11-12 was written by Bangladeshi authors, it was criticised by academics, leading to its withdrawal. However, such r…
Local Tests of English in Global Contexts
Global tests of English are usually used globally and local tests locally. However, this global–local dichotomy has been challenged by test localisation, globalisation and glocalisation. An emerging critical question in this regard is whether local tests of English can be used locally and globally at the same time. This article addresses this question, taking the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) as a potential ‘glocal’ test and seeking to…
Beside and beyond
Introducing Chinese in Saudi education
This article examines the recent introduction of Chinese as a foreign language in Saudi Arabia. Drawing on the political economy of languages as an overarching framework, the study engages with the concepts of soft power, cultural diplomacy, and linguistic imperialism to analyze how Chinese was promoted and received in a context where Arabic remains the national language and English functions as the dominant neoliberal foreign language. In the ab…
Islamising languages, linguistic diversity and language management
This paper examines how Islamic beliefs and practices shape conceptions of language, linguistic diversity, and language management in the context of spiritual tourism, focusing on the Biswa Ijtema as a key site of religious multilingualism. It argues that dominant ‘Northern’ models of language management are reconfigured through Islamic epistemologies and moral reasoning, highlighting the relevance of Global South perspectives for multilingualism…
Governmental rationalities and misrecognising human and social conditions in English-in-education policy for individual and social development
Although contemporary language-in-education policy (LEP) in developing societies often represents English as a panacea for poverty and a key tool for empowering people from socioeconomic disadvantage, not much is known about how this development potential unfolds for disenfranchised people. Motivated by social justice, and drawing on a framework that construes development as an ideology and utilises social theories from Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Fo…
The Cefr and English Language Curriculum Reform in Vietnamese Higher Education
This chapter seeks to elucidate the concept of agency in language policy implementation. It attempts to address the question of how language teachers exercise their agency in enacting the CEFR as a global policy in the reform of English language teaching programs in Vietnamese higher education. The data for this article were extracted from multiple sources including policy documents, curriculum artifacts and in-depth interviews with six English t…
Transformation of Applied Linguistics in the Global South Context of Bangladesh
This article examines the transformation of applied linguistics knowledge production in the Global South taking postcolonial Bangladesh as a case. In the 1990s, one could not locate even a dozen applied linguistics articles in international journals authored by Bangladeshi researchers. However, in about two decades, Bangladeshi researchers can claim hundreds of journal articles, book chapters, monographs, and edited volumes. Drawing on bibliometr…
International students as language managers
Many studies have reported language problems faced by international students in cross-cultural study-abroad settings. The present study investigated Chinese international students’ linguistic insecurity during their study-abroad in Australia, and the strategies that they deployed to manage this. Based on interviews with ten students from two different international programs, we found that the students felt anxious and insecure about their languag…
Navigating global standards in local contexts
Background and Purpose: The rise of ASEAN as a regional economic bloc necessitates increased language proficiency among its diverse population. Many countries in the region as elsewhere in the world have borrowed the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in meeting these national English language proficiency goals for their citizens. This systematic review investigates the barriers and facilitators to CEFR implementation in …
Linguistic philanthropy
Epistemic Divides in Scholarly Publishing in Applied Linguistics
The ongoing movement in applied linguistics towards decolonisation and dehegemonisation demands that we acknowledge multilingualism and comprehend how marginalised multilingual researchers are excluded from global knowledge creation. In light of this, this qualitative study investigates the realities and lived experiences of applied linguistics and English language teaching (ELT) scholars in Bangladesh. Research participants include 14 applied li…
Data, datafication and data citizenship
In this article, we draw upon notions of datafication and data citizenship to explore assessment practices in Singapore schools. Interviews with teachers, principals and students illustrated how they were actively involved in a much more ‘educative’ form of engagement with data, characterized by efforts to ameliorate consequential negative effects of testing, even as meritocratic tendencies challenged such efforts. The research highlights the ben…
Testing times
Great expectations
Drawing upon literature and theorising in relation to the sociology of expectations and critical data studies, we elaborate perceptions of the nature of dashboard data in one state educational jurisdiction in Australia. Our research utilises interviews with senior educational bureaucrats, who engaged with a new dashboard, and the data it generated, during the initial stages of the development and implementation of the dashboard. This included per…
Linguistic shaming, the discourse of (sub)standard English, and religiolinguistic ideologies in Indian media
This article examines linguistic shaming behaviors, focusing on the case of an Indian news media platform where newsreaders commented on and criticized a Muslim college lecturer for 'errors' in her handwritten resignation letter in English. We develop and bring together several concepts including (online) chronotopes, deindividuated voice, colonized/ing mind, and religiolinguistic ideologies as our theoretical lens to gain insights into the newsr…
The Rise of English and the Space for Modern Languages
This article examines the space for modern languages in Inner CircleEnglish countries including Australia, UK, and USA against thecontinued rise of English as a global lingua franca. It is reasonableto surmise that the global popularity of English – demanded by theOuter and Expanding Circle and mainly supplied by the Inner Circlecountries will leave limited instrumental value for learning otherlanguages. As reported in this article, the global li…
Navigating datascapes
We draw upon Appadurai’s ‘scapes’ and Latour’s Actor Network Theory (ANT) to interrogate historical and spatial flows in relation to specific testing technologies. We reveal how testing systems, conceptualised as actor-networks, rearticulate colonial legacies of inequality which are intensified by new and emerging technologies. ANT helps trace social and relational interactions occurring in various national and global data spaces, and helps make …
The transformation of neoliberalism
Neoliberalism has given rise to specific conceptualizations of education aims and outcomes. Although whether China is a neoliberal state remains an open question, the Chinese government has embarked on an agenda that has brought neoliberal forces into almost all sectors including education. The “shadow education” industry is arguably the most pertinent example of neoliberal influence in education. This article approaches neoliberalism as a though…
University English teachers’ research conceptions and engagement
Research into teacher research has received considerable attention in the last few decades. However, it still remains crucial to examine how teachers understand research and to what extent they engage in it. This study investigated how English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in Cambodian higher education perceived and engaged in research. The study employed a qualitative case study and collected data through one-on-one semi-structured interv…
Developmental corpus insights into the writing life of a primary school child in Australia
Children’s writing development is a matter of concern for Australian and other education systems. Factors related to the nature of writing as a literate skill, school writing pedagogy, and diminishing role of writing in a screen-dominant environment may account for this educational concern. What happens in a child’s writing when immigrant parents assign them writing tasks at home taking into account their writing concerns compounded by their fami…
Medium of instruction in Asia
One major impact of globalisation on education is denoted by the growing trend to use English, the global language, as a medium of instruction (MOI) in emerging polities that are trying to enhance their English-speaking capacities. This article emphasises developing an understanding of MOI from a language policy and planning as well as an educational perspective. It explores the policy and practice of MOI in 10 polities in Asia including Banglade…
English as a medium of instruction and the discursive construction of elite identity
Debates over medium of instruction, as ideological skirmishes, showcase discursive identity construction, reproduction, and contestation by different social groups. Drawing on such debates in letters to the editor and internet-based newsgroup posts written by Bangladeshi English-medium (EM) and Bangla-medium (BM) educated writers, this article examines the construction of elite identity by the EM educated group. It illustrates how this group drew…
Globalisation, English for everyone and English teacher capacity
The effects of globalisation and the global spread of English have created a phenomenal demand for English all over the world. The demand is illustrated by the introduction of ‘English for Everyone’ and early English instruction in many developing countries. These policy initiatives and their implementation are believed to contribute to these nations' human capital development and their participation in the global economy for national development…
Bilingualism as a resource
This article examines a group of Vietnamese ethnic minority students’ language attitudes towards formal and informal language policies of the domains of school, church and ethnic community and towards their individual bilingualism. Multiple semi-structured interviews with eight college-age minority students are used as the main source of the data. Findings reveal that school language policy contributed to shaping the students’ view of “language-a…
Language attitudes, identity and L1 maintenance
Medium of instruction policies and language practices, ideologies and institutional divides
The use of English as a medium of instruction (MOI) in polities across the world has drawn attention of language policy and planning scholars and researchers. Increasingly, research on MOI policy and practice focuses on how macro-level policies are translated into action by ‘actors’ including teachers and students in the micro-context. However, there has been limited research on teachers' and students' language practices and ideologies that poten…
The linguistic market for English in Bangladesh
A large body of work has investigated the presence of English and its teaching and learning in the developing world where English is used as a second/foreign language. While this work has provided plausible explanations for the global spread of English as well as its uptake by education policy-makers and communities, there has been limited research on, in Bourdieu's (1991, p. 44) terms, the “economic and social conditions of the acquisition of th…
Language education policy enactment and individual agency
This article explores language planning and policy from the perspective of individual agency and its embodiments in the process of implementing an English language education policy ensemble at a public university in Vietnam. The policy exemplifies the influence of globalized standards on local language education systems. It aims to build a national framework in Vietnam based on a Western model known as the Common European Framework of Reference (…
Public-private domain distinction as an aspect of LPP frameworks
While macro-level language policy and planning (LPP) that is done mainly by governments still dominates thinking in the field, limitations of this focus have been demonstrated by recent broader and more focused conceptualizations of LPP. For instance, global LPP, particularly for languages of wider communication such as English, has received considerable attention. Similarly, studies of meso- and micro-level planning has shown that many LPP decis…
English in primary education in Malaysia
This paper examines English language-in-education policy and planning (LEPP) in Malaysia from macro- and micro-language planning perspectives over the past 50 years. Specifically, it focuses on English language policies at the primary level and investigates their outcomes and consequences at different levels of education. The major focus of this paper is a case study that was conducted on samples of students, lecturers and administrators in a pub…
English as a Southern language
Drawing on the epistemologies of the Global South and the sociolinguistic reality of English in postcolonial Bangladesh, this article conceptualises English as a Southern language. This conception recognises the imperative of English for postcolonial societies in an English-dominant world while also emphasising the necessity of breaking away from its hegemony as represented by so-called native speaker or Standard English norms. It is argued that …
Subtractive Schooling and Identity
This article examines the impact of subtractive schooling, including language use in education, on the identity of a group of ethnic minority students in Central Highlands of Vietnam. Drawing on semistructured interview data, a deeper look is taken into the ways in which these students identify themselves with their languages, cultures, and social relations. Findings reveal that the subtractive power of the school language and the institutional m…
Media representation of teachers across five countries
This paper reports on an investigation into the representation of teachers in newspapers in five countries. An innovative methodology was used to develop a method of inquiry that supports a deeper understanding of media representations of teachers which can also be used by other researchers in comparative education. The paper explores relevant literature on teachers' work and media studies, and describes the decisions made about the selection of …
Communicative English in the primary classroom
Globalisation and the global spread of English have led nation-states to introduce English into the early years of schooling to equip their citizens with communicative competence in order to compete within a global economy for individual and national development. In teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language, nations have adopted learner-centred approaches such as communicative language teaching to conform to neoliberal discourses of global ca…
Research engagement of academics in the Global South
Engagement in research is crucial for university academics to fulfil their tripartite roles related to teaching, research, and service. While there is a substantial literature that examines how academics perceive and engage in research, studies investigating research engagement of academics in the Global South remain limited. Employing a qualitative case study approach, this study examines Cambodian academics’ research engagement. Data derived fr…
Academics’ conceptions of research and the research-teaching nexus
Learner autonomy in foreign language policies in Vietnamese universities
Learner autonomy (LA) is generally accepted as an important goal, either explicit or implicit, in language education policies across polities. Fostering LA in educational settings primarily depends on the role of teachers in enacting macro-level policies at the micro level. While various top-down and bottom-up frameworks for language policy implementation have been proposed, little attention has been given to the relationships between the macro a…
Foreign language policies in Asia and Australia in the Asian century
This article provides a comparative analysis of foreign language policies in Asia and Australia with reference to policy contexts, motivations and processes. The analysis is specifically motivated by the recent publication of the Australia in the Asian Century White Paper that represents Australia’s renewed desire to engage with Asia by developing “Asia literacy” including the development of national proficiency in selected Asian languages. It is…
World Englishes in international proficiency tests
The demographic dominance of 'non-native' speakers of English and the growing recognition of world Englishes (WE) call for critical examinations of varieties of English underpinning international proficiency tests. Expectedly, there has been an ongoing debate between those who argue for British and American norms and those who argue for all English norms including WE in international tests. While this welcome debate may develop awareness of WE is…
Private Tutoring in English for Secondary School Students in Bangladesh
Private tutoring in English (PT‐E), a special and important subclass of private tutoring (PT), is a common phenomenon in ESL/EFL education in many parts of the world. Nevertheless, it has received little attention in TESOL, applied linguistics, or language education research. This article investigates the nature and practice of PT‐E in a disadvantaged rural area of Bangladesh, a context where the circumstances of ESL/EFL education give it a parti…
Journey towards an unreachable destiny
This article investigates Chinese-Australian parents' ideologies and visions about the maintenance of Chinese as a heritage language (CHL) as well as their struggles in using family language policy (FLP) as defence and coping mechanisms to address tensions associated with the transgenerational transmission of CHL. Language policy defined as an assemblage of ideologies, practices and management and parental agency understood as parents' capacity t…
Language and education policies in Southeast Asia
Over the past few decades, many Southeast Asian governments have promoted English language education (hereafter ELE) as a linguistic pathway for developing human capital and improving global economic competitiveness of their nations. However, Kirkpatrick (2017. Language education policy among the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). European Journal of Language Policy, 9(1), 7–25. https://doi.org/10.3828/ejlp.2017.2) raises a valid co…
Language choice in peer interactions and the role of peers in minority language maintenance
Drawing on the positioning theory and the conditions for language use , this article examines Vietnamese ethnic minority students’ language choice in interactions with their same-ethnicity and majority peers, focusing particularly on their communication motives underlying this choice. Findings suggest that in regulating their language alternation practices across peer groups in different contexts, the students shifted their participation status –…
Policies of global English tests
Globalized English proficiency tests such as the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) are increasingly playing the role of gatekeepers in a globalizing world. Although the use of the IELTS as a ‘policy tool’ for making decisions in the areas of study, work and migration impacts on test-takers' lives and life chances, not much is known about its own policy and policy logic. With the growing call for listening to test-takers' voice…
Second language errors and features of world Englishes
While exocentric norms (e.g. British and American English) informed by a second language acquisition (SLA) perspective are prevalent in the Outer Circle, there is a growing recognition of local varieties of Englishes belonging to the world Englishes (WE) paradigm. However, what constitutes an error or a varietal feature is hard to decide, particularly in the absence of codification of non-native Englishes in many Outer Circle contexts. Yet, disti…
English Teachers’ Choice of Language for Publication
The aim of this small-scale research was to gain some understanding of Bangladeshi English language teachers’ language preference for publication purposes and the extent of the use of Bangla (Bengali), the L1, in their professional practice. Qualitative data for the study were gathered by means of a self-produced questionnaire. Results show that about three-quarters of the teachers published or would publish entirely in English because they belie…
Will CLT bail out the bogged down ELT in Bangladesh
Rural failure in English learning and the socioeconomics of ELT. Over 24 million children learn English as a second/foreign language in primary and secondary schools in Bangladesh. These children start learning the language as a required subject in Grade 1 and continue learning it (if they don't drop out) until Grade 12, and later at the tertiary level. Officially, they are taught English communicatively using Communicative Language Teaching (CLT…
Private Tutoring in English for Secondary School Students in Bangladesh
Private tutoring in English (PT‐E), a special and important subclass of private tutoring (PT), is a common phenomenon in ESL/EFL education in many parts of the world. Nevertheless, it has received little attention in TESOL, applied linguistics, or language education research. This article investigates the nature and practice of PT‐E in a disadvantaged rural area of Bangladesh, a context where the circumstances of ESL/EFL education give it a parti…
Globalisation, English for everyone and English teacher capacity
The effects of globalisation and the global spread of English have created a phenomenal demand for English all over the world. The demand is illustrated by the introduction of ‘English for Everyone’ and early English instruction in many developing countries. These policy initiatives and their implementation are believed to contribute to these nations' human capital development and their participation in the global economy for national development…
English in primary education in Malaysia
This paper examines English language-in-education policy and planning (LEPP) in Malaysia from macro- and micro-language planning perspectives over the past 50 years. Specifically, it focuses on English language policies at the primary level and investigates their outcomes and consequences at different levels of education. The major focus of this paper is a case study that was conducted on samples of students, lecturers and administrators in a pub…
Communicative English in the primary classroom
Globalisation and the global spread of English have led nation-states to introduce English into the early years of schooling to equip their citizens with communicative competence in order to compete within a global economy for individual and national development. In teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language, nations have adopted learner-centred approaches such as communicative language teaching to conform to neoliberal discourses of global ca…
Medium of instruction policies and language practices, ideologies and institutional divides
The use of English as a medium of instruction (MOI) in polities across the world has drawn attention of language policy and planning scholars and researchers. Increasingly, research on MOI policy and practice focuses on how macro-level policies are translated into action by ‘actors’ including teachers and students in the micro-context. However, there has been limited research on teachers' and students' language practices and ideologies that poten…
English-medium instruction at universities
Medium of instruction (MOI) issues have been the subject of several publications (Lin & Martin, 2005; Tollefson & Tsui, 2004; Tsui & Tollefson, 2007) with the discussion being embedded in language
Medium of instruction in Asia
One major impact of globalisation on education is denoted by the growing trend to use English, the global language, as a medium of instruction (MOI) in emerging polities that are trying to enhance their English-speaking capacities. This article emphasises developing an understanding of MOI from a language policy and planning as well as an educational perspective. It explores the policy and practice of MOI in 10 polities in Asia including Banglade…
Second language errors and features of world Englishes
While exocentric norms (e.g. British and American English) informed by a second language acquisition (SLA) perspective are prevalent in the Outer Circle, there is a growing recognition of local varieties of Englishes belonging to the world Englishes (WE) paradigm. However, what constitutes an error or a varietal feature is hard to decide, particularly in the absence of codification of non-native Englishes in many Outer Circle contexts. Yet, disti…
Tribute to Richard (Dick) Birge Baldauf Jr. (1943–2014)
Students and colleagues alike were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Richard (Dick) Birge Baldauf Jr. on 4th June 2014 at the age of 71. We have lost a warm friend, a leading scholar and a
Medium of Instruction in Africa
This special issue on the medium of instruction (MOI) in Africa is a sequel to a previous issue on the same topic on Asia published last year in this journal (vol. 14, no. 1). While we are aware that language boundaries do not correspond to political boundaries–either national or continental–we have been guided by our assumptions that the MOI situations were somewhat different in these two continents and therefore two separate issues would allow …
Media representation of teachers across five countries
This paper reports on an investigation into the representation of teachers in newspapers in five countries. An innovative methodology was used to develop a method of inquiry that supports a deeper understanding of media representations of teachers which can also be used by other researchers in comparative education. The paper explores relevant literature on teachers' work and media studies, and describes the decisions made about the selection of …
Public-private domain distinction as an aspect of LPP frameworks
While macro-level language policy and planning (LPP) that is done mainly by governments still dominates thinking in the field, limitations of this focus have been demonstrated by recent broader and more focused conceptualizations of LPP. For instance, global LPP, particularly for languages of wider communication such as English, has received considerable attention. Similarly, studies of meso- and micro-level planning has shown that many LPP decis…
World Englishes in international proficiency tests
The demographic dominance of 'non-native' speakers of English and the growing recognition of world Englishes (WE) call for critical examinations of varieties of English underpinning international proficiency tests. Expectedly, there has been an ongoing debate between those who argue for British and American norms and those who argue for all English norms including WE in international tests. While this welcome debate may develop awareness of WE is…
English in the primary classroom in Vietnam
Although the teaching of English as a foreign language in primary schools has emerged as one of the major language-in-education policy decisions, students’ perspectives on primary English have received very little research attention. Drawing on data from a larger study, this paper depicts primary school students’ lived experiences in the English classroom in Vietnam. The methodological framework of the study draws upon the Mosaic approach that in…
The linguistic market for English in Bangladesh
A large body of work has investigated the presence of English and its teaching and learning in the developing world where English is used as a second/foreign language. While this work has provided plausible explanations for the global spread of English as well as its uptake by education policy-makers and communities, there has been limited research on, in Bourdieu's (1991, p. 44) terms, the “economic and social conditions of the acquisition of th…
Muslims in Western Media
This study critically examines the representation of the 2006 “suspected aircraft terror plot” at Heathrow Airport in London by three mainstream newspapers in New Zealand—the Otago Daily Times, the Press (Press) and the New Zealand Herald. It seeks to illustrate how these newspapers espoused an Orientalist view of “Islamic Other” in framing the issue by representing Islam and Muslims as a threat to “the West” as well as to New Zealand. It is argu…
Learner autonomy in foreign language policies in Vietnamese universities
Learner autonomy (LA) is generally accepted as an important goal, either explicit or implicit, in language education policies across polities. Fostering LA in educational settings primarily depends on the role of teachers in enacting macro-level policies at the micro level. While various top-down and bottom-up frameworks for language policy implementation have been proposed, little attention has been given to the relationships between the macro a…
Language attitudes, identity and L1 maintenance
Language education policy enactment and individual agency
This article explores language planning and policy from the perspective of individual agency and its embodiments in the process of implementing an English language education policy ensemble at a public university in Vietnam. The policy exemplifies the influence of globalized standards on local language education systems. It aims to build a national framework in Vietnam based on a Western model known as the Common European Framework of Reference (…
Foreign language policies in Asia and Australia in the Asian century
This article provides a comparative analysis of foreign language policies in Asia and Australia with reference to policy contexts, motivations and processes. The analysis is specifically motivated by the recent publication of the Australia in the Asian Century White Paper that represents Australia’s renewed desire to engage with Asia by developing “Asia literacy” including the development of national proficiency in selected Asian languages. It is…
Policies of global English tests
Globalized English proficiency tests such as the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) are increasingly playing the role of gatekeepers in a globalizing world. Although the use of the IELTS as a ‘policy tool’ for making decisions in the areas of study, work and migration impacts on test-takers' lives and life chances, not much is known about its own policy and policy logic. With the growing call for listening to test-takers' voice…
Subtractive Schooling and Identity
This article examines the impact of subtractive schooling, including language use in education, on the identity of a group of ethnic minority students in Central Highlands of Vietnam. Drawing on semistructured interview data, a deeper look is taken into the ways in which these students identify themselves with their languages, cultures, and social relations. Findings reveal that the subtractive power of the school language and the institutional m…
Bilingualism as a resource
This article examines a group of Vietnamese ethnic minority students’ language attitudes towards formal and informal language policies of the domains of school, church and ethnic community and towards their individual bilingualism. Multiple semi-structured interviews with eight college-age minority students are used as the main source of the data. Findings reveal that school language policy contributed to shaping the students’ view of “language-a…
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