Language, Society and Education in Singapore

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ID11117520
AuthorsPhilip Benson (0000-0003-2120-3280, corresponding author), S Gopinathan, Anne Pakir, Ho Wah Kam, Vanithamani Saravanan
Year1996
Volume72
Issue2
Pages423
Publication date1996-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/416667
OpenAlexW1994830040
LanguageEN
Citations received42

While changes in the demographic, economic, socio-political, linguistic and education aspects of life in Singapore in the last fifteen years have been fairly well documented by specialists in the separate fields, there is clearly a need for a state-of-the-art volume on the inter-relationship of developments in language, society and education. This book aims to fulfil that need. The book is distinguished by four characteristics: it deals not only with English but also with Chinese, Malay and Tamil, Singapore's other official languages; it draws upon empirical research carried out in the last decade in Singapore; it examines the subject from a range of perspectives, including that of classroom pedagogy; and it deals with the language needs of both the school-going population and working adults. This is a reissue of the second edition of this illuminating book

Linguistics · Political science · Sociology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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