Language, Society and Education in Singapore: Issues and Trends

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While changes in the demographic, economic, socio-political, linguistic and educational 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 interrelationship of developments in language, society and education. This 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.


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Education and language scholars look at the interrelationships between developments in the three dimensions. They deal not only with English, but the Singapore's other official languages of Chinese, Malay, and Tamil; draw on empirical research of the past decade; encompass a range of perspectives, including classroom pedagogy; and deal with the language need both of the school-going population and working adults. The 16 essays of the 1994 edition have grown to 20, but of those, eight are completely new. There is still no index. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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