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Language Policy in a Multilingual Society-inquiries on English use in Malaysia

多语言社会的语言政策——马来西亚英语使用调查

基本信息

批准号：
16520355
负责人：
IINO Masakazu
金额：
$ 2.24万
依托单位：
Waseda University
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
财政年份：
2004
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
2004 至 2006
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-16520355/
关键词：
Malaysia Language Policy Language Planning multilingual multiethnic Sociolinguistics English education 多言語社会

项目摘要

In 2003, English was introduced as the medium of instruction for Science and Mathematics at all levels in Malaysia. The research presented here investigated this recent change, and examined issues that teachers and students are currently facing due to this change. Former Prime Minister Mahathir announced a new language policy in 2002 calling for a switch to English in order to improve the nation's competitiveness in the globalized world. This sudden top-down decision triggered various arguments among language planners regarding the importance of education in native languages and the erosion of the status of Malay, as well as its potentially positive effect for the nation's unity and potential merits for social and economic advancement. The policy change reflected the complexity of Malaysia's multiethnic and multilingual society. Unlike old policies introduced among Asian nations upon their independence, selecting an official language(s) as a tool for nation building, the policy change in 2003 is strongly motivated by pragmatic needs as a result of globalization of the world economy over the past few decades and the rapid advancement of technology, such as information technology and advances in the biochemical industries. What is happening in Malaysia parallels what is happening in other neighboring countries in Asia, including Japan, China and Korea. Language policy today has become part of economic policy in this regard. In analyzing the data collected through this research, special attention was paid to the issues expressed in interviews with local teachers, administrators, and students. In addition, materials prepared by the Ministry of Education, including CD-ROMs for students and training materials for teachers, were examined to locate what skills are really required when teaching Science and Math in English.

2003年，马来西亚开始将英语作为各级科学和数学的教学语言。本文介绍的研究调查了这一最近的变化，并探讨了教师和学生目前面临的问题，由于这一变化。前总理马哈蒂尔在2002年宣布了一项新的语言政策，要求改用英语，以提高国家在全球化世界中的竞争力。这一突然的自上而下的决定引发了语言规划者之间的各种争论，关于母语教育的重要性和马来语地位的侵蚀，以及它对国家统一的潜在积极影响和对社会和经济进步的潜在好处。这一政策变化反映了马来西亚多民族和多语言社会的复杂性。与亚洲国家在独立时选择官方语言作为国家建设工具的旧政策不同，2003年的政策变化是由过去几十年世界经济全球化和技术迅速发展（如信息技术和生物化学工业的进步）所带来的务实需求所推动的。马来西亚发生的事情与亚洲其他邻国发生的事情相似，包括日本，中国和韩国。在这方面，语言政策今天已成为经济政策的一部分。在分析通过这项研究收集的数据，特别注意的问题，在采访当地教师，管理人员和学生。此外，还审查了教育部编写的材料，包括学生光盘和教师培训材料，以确定用英语教授科学和数学时真正需要哪些技能。