Saran Kaur Gill
Biographic Data
| ID | 181675 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saran Kaur Gill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saran Kaur |
| FAMILY NAME | Gill |
| SIGNATURE | GILL S K |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Malaysia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
English in Asian and European Higher Education
The internationalization of higher education has led to a noticeable increase in the number of courses and degrees taught through the medium of English, across both Asia and Europe. In the years between 2001 and 2014, the number of English‐taught programs in universities in continental Europe has increased from 725 to over 8,000. While comparative figures for Asia are not available, there has been an increase in the number of universities offerin…
Language Policy Challenges in Multi-Ethnic Malaysia
English in Asian and European Higher Education
The internationalization of higher education has led to a noticeable increase in the number of courses and degrees taught through the medium of English.
Shift in language policy in Malaysia: Unravelling reasons for change, conflict and compromise in mother-tongue education
Malaysia experienced a major shift in language policy in 2003 for the subjects of science and maths. This meant a change in the language of education for both national and national-type schools. For national schools, this resulted in a shift from Bahasa Malaysia, the national language to English. Parallel with this, to ensure homogeneity of impact of change, the State persuaded the national-type schools, which have been utilizing the language of …
Change in Language Policy in Malaysia: The Reality of Implementation in Public Universities
In Malaysia, a sudden change in language policy, from Bahasa Melayu to English, has been instituted for the disciplines of science and technology at varying levels of the educational system. For this paper, it will be the domain of higher education that will be focused on. In 2005, the students who had their pre-university courses in English would be first year students in university. These are undergraduates who would expect to have their first …
Language Policy in Malaysia: Reversing Direction
Guest Editor’s Introduction
English Language Policy Changes in Malaysia: Demystifying the Diverse Demands of Nationalism and Modernisation
This article examines the educational linguistic changes in the different phases of nation-building in Malaysia, ranging from the linguistic nationalism phase which is the post-independence phase, 1957–1969, to the age of Internationalisation and the knowledge economy, 1990 — 21st century. In the latest phase, one of the boldest moves in policy change has just occurred in 2003 with a drastic change in language policy. Malaysia has re-adopted the …
The Past, Present and Future of English as a Global/International Language: Issues and Concerns in the Malaysian Context
(2000). The Past, Present and Future of English as a Global/International Language: Issues and Concerns in the Malaysian Context. Asian Englishes: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 98-126
Voices and Choices: Concerns of Linguists, Advertisers and Society
This article has as its backdrop the viewpoints of linguists and the choices of advertisers with regards to the voices used to represent society. These voices and choices are contextualised via one of the most powerful means of reaching out to influence urban society – radio advertisements in English.In Malaysia, as in many other outer circle countries, there are institutionalized varieties of English used in the domains of society. This article …
Symposium on Standards, Codification and World Englishes: Introduction
Standards and Emerging Linguistic Realities in the Malaysian Workplace
Malaysia, like many other countries belonging to the Outer Circle, is in a position where she has to grapple with notions of English language standards. With the medium of education having been Bahasa Malaysia since 1970, there has emerged in the workforce educated speakers who speak sub-varieties of formal Malaysian English. These make up the executives who contribute to various organisations, whose businesses depend on both intranational and in…
Standards and pedagogical norms for teaching English in Malaysia
This study argues a case for the necessity of maintaining acceptable standards of English, appropriate for learners of English as an international language, in Malaysia. This will have direct implications for the formulation of a pedagogical model of speech which provides a norm to aspire to in the teaching and learning of English. These issues will be contextualized by referring to a particular instance of a social reaction to the development of…
Language Policy in Malaysia: Reversing Direction
Standards and pedagogical norms for teaching English in Malaysia
This study argues a case for the necessity of maintaining acceptable standards of English, appropriate for learners of English as an international language, in Malaysia. This will have direct implications for the formulation of a pedagogical model of speech which provides a norm to aspire to in the teaching and learning of English. These issues will be contextualized by referring to a particular instance of a social reaction to the development of…
Change in Language Policy in Malaysia: The Reality of Implementation in Public Universities
In Malaysia, a sudden change in language policy, from Bahasa Melayu to English, has been instituted for the disciplines of science and technology at varying levels of the educational system. For this paper, it will be the domain of higher education that will be focused on. In 2005, the students who had their pre-university courses in English would be first year students in university. These are undergraduates who would expect to have their first …
Standards and Emerging Linguistic Realities in the Malaysian Workplace
Malaysia, like many other countries belonging to the Outer Circle, is in a position where she has to grapple with notions of English language standards. With the medium of education having been Bahasa Malaysia since 1970, there has emerged in the workforce educated speakers who speak sub-varieties of formal Malaysian English. These make up the executives who contribute to various organisations, whose businesses depend on both intranational and in…
Standards and pedagogical norms for teaching English in Malaysia
This study argues a case for the necessity of maintaining acceptable standards of English, appropriate for learners of English as an international language, in Malaysia. This will have direct implications for the formulation of a pedagogical model of speech which provides a norm to aspire to in the teaching and learning of English. These issues will be contextualized by referring to a particular instance of a social reaction to the development of…
Voices and Choices: Concerns of Linguists, Advertisers and Society
This article has as its backdrop the viewpoints of linguists and the choices of advertisers with regards to the voices used to represent society. These voices and choices are contextualised via one of the most powerful means of reaching out to influence urban society – radio advertisements in English.In Malaysia, as in many other outer circle countries, there are institutionalized varieties of English used in the domains of society. This article …
Symposium on Standards, Codification and World Englishes: Introduction
Standards and Emerging Linguistic Realities in the Malaysian Workplace
Malaysia, like many other countries belonging to the Outer Circle, is in a position where she has to grapple with notions of English language standards. With the medium of education having been Bahasa Malaysia since 1970, there has emerged in the workforce educated speakers who speak sub-varieties of formal Malaysian English. These make up the executives who contribute to various organisations, whose businesses depend on both intranational and in…
The Past, Present and Future of English as a Global/International Language: Issues and Concerns in the Malaysian Context
(2000). The Past, Present and Future of English as a Global/International Language: Issues and Concerns in the Malaysian Context. Asian Englishes: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 98-126
Guest Editor’s Introduction
English Language Policy Changes in Malaysia: Demystifying the Diverse Demands of Nationalism and Modernisation
This article examines the educational linguistic changes in the different phases of nation-building in Malaysia, ranging from the linguistic nationalism phase which is the post-independence phase, 1957–1969, to the age of Internationalisation and the knowledge economy, 1990 — 21st century. In the latest phase, one of the boldest moves in policy change has just occurred in 2003 with a drastic change in language policy. Malaysia has re-adopted the …
Language Policy in Malaysia: Reversing Direction
Change in Language Policy in Malaysia: The Reality of Implementation in Public Universities
In Malaysia, a sudden change in language policy, from Bahasa Melayu to English, has been instituted for the disciplines of science and technology at varying levels of the educational system. For this paper, it will be the domain of higher education that will be focused on. In 2005, the students who had their pre-university courses in English would be first year students in university. These are undergraduates who would expect to have their first …
Shift in language policy in Malaysia: Unravelling reasons for change, conflict and compromise in mother-tongue education
Malaysia experienced a major shift in language policy in 2003 for the subjects of science and maths. This meant a change in the language of education for both national and national-type schools. For national schools, this resulted in a shift from Bahasa Malaysia, the national language to English. Parallel with this, to ensure homogeneity of impact of change, the State persuaded the national-type schools, which have been utilizing the language of …
English in Asian and European Higher Education
The internationalization of higher education has led to a noticeable increase in the number of courses and degrees taught through the medium of English.
Language Policy Challenges in Multi-Ethnic Malaysia
English in Asian and European Higher Education
The internationalization of higher education has led to a noticeable increase in the number of courses and degrees taught through the medium of English, across both Asia and Europe. In the years between 2001 and 2014, the number of English‐taught programs in universities in continental Europe has increased from 725 to over 8,000. While comparative figures for Asia are not available, there has been an increase in the number of universities offerin…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (9 works) · Business (7 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 works)