英语作为教学媒介语隐性政策分析——以马来西亚、新加坡和泰国为例

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英语作为教学媒介语隐性政策分析——以马来西亚、新加坡和泰国为例

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Implicit EMI Policies:Taking Malaysia,Singapore and Thailand as Examples

  • Lin Xiao
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本文首先系统梳理当前学界对隐性语言政策的理解,总结隐性语言政策的主要维度,明确隐性语言政策在整个语言政策实施过程中的作用。然后以马来西亚、新加坡和泰国为例,基于隐性语言政策的视角,探究广泛的社会历史文化背景与政策文本及其中行动者的主体性等之间复杂的交互关系,全面理解东南亚以英语作为教学媒介语政策的本质。

Abstract

Language policy and planning (LPP) has explicit and implicit dimensions.Different from explicit policies,implicit LPP is a loosely-defi ned concept encompassing notions like unplanned language planning,non-offi cial policy,covert policy,non-linguistic policy,and implicit goals of language policy.Taking the implicit LPP as a methodological perspective,this paper examines the English as a medium of instruction (EMI) planning activities in three Southeast Asian countries,namely Malaysia,Singapore and Thailand.The adoption of EMI policy in non-native English speaking countries tends to be delineated in offi cial discourse as a language acquisition planning endeavour in order to improve students’ English language profi ciency and serve the economic good in the milieu of globalization.However,part of the EMI policy,particularly its political intentions,is left unstated and the de facto policy in practice is often somewhat disparate from the explicit policy.This paper is intended to reveal the nature of implicit EMI policies in Southeast Asia comprehensively.First,existing studies of implicit LPP are reviewed and the main constructs are generalized.Then the EMI policies in Malaysia,Singapore and Thailand are explored to unravel the complex interactions among the wide range of social,cultural and historical contexts,policy texts and agency of actors involved.This implicit LPP study of Southeast Asian countries may deepen our understanding of the local cultures and the promotion of harmony among diverse cultures,and in the meantime,contribute to the realization of the national vision of “the Belt and Road Initiatives” being implemented in China.

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隐性语言政策 / 英语作为教学媒介语 / 东南亚 / 马来西亚 / 新加坡 / 泰国

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implicit LPP / EMI / Southeast Asia / Malaysia / Singapore / Thailand

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林晓. 英语作为教学媒介语隐性政策分析——以马来西亚、新加坡和泰国为例[J]. 语言战略研究. 2016, 1(2): 53-60
Lin Xiao. Implicit EMI Policies:Taking Malaysia,Singapore and Thailand as Examples[J]. Chinese Journal of Language Policy and Planning. 2016, 1(2): 53-60

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基金

本文为教育部人文社会科学研究“社会文化理论视域下的语言政策研究”基金项目(13YJA740031)的研究成果之一。

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