A comparison of trilingual education policies for ethnic minorities in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8098985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bob Adamson (0000-0001-6747-0195, Education University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), Anwei Feng (0000-0002-1936-6980, Bangor University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 321-333 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7925 • E-ISSN: 1469-3623 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057920802436258 |
| OpenAlex | W2171954136 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 37 |
| References cited | 16 |
In recent decades, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has instigated language policies in education ostensibly designed to foster trilingualism in ethnic minority groups. The policies, which, as this paper shows, vary from region to region, encompass the minority group's home language, Chinese, and English. Based on data arising from interviews, documentary analysis and secondary sources, this paper examines the tensions behind these trilingual education policies by comparing the implementation of policies for three minority groups: the Zhuang, the Uyghur and the Yi people. It identifies some of the facilitators and barriers that affect the achievement of trilingualism, and finds that ethnic minority languages are at a disadvantage compared with Chinese and English. The paper concludes by making some suggestions for enhancing the effectiveness of the trilingualism policy
Affect (linguistics · China · Disadvantage · Economic growth · Ethnic group · Language policy · Minority group · Multilingual Education · Multilingualism · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Gender Studies · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy
Threshold absence and the implementation chasm
Multilingualism in Education in the People's Republic of China
A Survey Report on Trilingualism and Trilingual Education in Yunnan
When English Meets Chinese in Tibetan Schools
Cultural China 2020
Glocal Tensions in Transnational Higher Education in China
Foreign Language Enjoyment and Burnout as Predictors of Multilinguals' Willingness to Communicate
Educational equality during Covid-19
Language choice, identity and social distance
Plurilingualism and translanguaging
Trilingual education in Hong Kong primary schools
Gaining global perspective
China
English Teaching and Learning in Ethnic Minority Regions in China
Researching Trilingualism and Trilingual Education in China
Trilingualism in Education
A case study of the College English Test and ethnic minority university students in China
Authenticity of Identity and Second Language Learning
Possibilities-within-Constraints
What Constitutes Quality in Minority Education? A Multiple Embedded Case Study of Stakeholder Perspectives on Minority Linguistic and Cultural Content in School-Based Curriculum in Sunan Yughur Autonomous County, Gansu
Trilingual Education for Ethnic Minorities
China’s minority preferential policies and the schooling of indigenous Tibetan children
Research into language education at The Research Centre for Language Education and Acquisition in Multilingual Societies (RCLEAMS) at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, China
Student engagement with automated feedback on academic writing
A public policy perspective on English medium instruction in China
The multilingual lived experience of Mongol-Chinese in China
Attitudes toward trilingualism
National identity and multilingualism
Educational & income disparities among ethnic minorities of China
Trilingual education in China
Bilingual education in southwest China
Multilingual Education in China
A polity study of minority language management in China focusing on Zhuang
Language policies and sociolinguistic domains in the context of minority groups in China
Multilingual education in minority-dominated regions in Xinjiang, People’s Republic of China
Tibetan students’ experiences amid ethnic language programmes consolidation
English as Eastern
Language Spread Versus Language Maintenance
Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
The Introduction and Development of the Zhuang Writing System
Creating the Zhuang
Language Education in China
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
Educational Innovation in China
Policies and Practices of Bilingual Education for the Minorities in China
Bilingual’ education and discontent in Xinjiang
Negotiating local tradition with Taoism
| Unique citing works | 37 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |