ERIC Number: EJ1185768
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Localised Politics in Language Education: Untold Stories
History of Education, v47 n5 p611-627 2018
This study explores the political impact on English-language education in the historical context of Vietnam in the 1980-1990 period. Based on data collected from three participants' narratives concerning their experience of learning English, the study indicates that English-language education, at that time, embraced a wide range of political dimensions specific to the geopolitics of Vietnam. The political factors include learners' family background, mainstream concepts in the local community, materials for teaching and learning, ideologies of language teaching, historical events and socio-political discourses. These factors constituted three layers of politics embedded in English-language education in Vietnam. The findings of the study provide new insights into the themes pertaining to politics in English-language education, which are often associated with the spread of English as a global language. From an educational history perspective, the study makes a contribution to understanding and developing second-language education in relation to local geopolitics.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Learning Experience, History, Family Characteristics, Teaching Methods, Politics of Education, Correlation, Language Role, Local Issues, Political Influences, Instructional Materials, Language Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Personal Narratives
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Vietnam
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