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Language education policy in Nepal and the denial of the right to speak in Indigenous languages

  • Prem Phyak,

English as a medium of instruction in Nepal is violating students’ ‘right to speak’ in their home languages.

‘Language Policy in Superdiverse Indonesia’ by Subhan Zein

  • Dr Howard Manns,

Few have investigated the underpinnings of Indonesia’s language policy as thoroughly as Zein.

Learning Asian languages is about much more than trade and employability and universities should convey this

  • Dr Jun Ohashi & Hiroko Ohashi,

Australian universities should play an important role in articulating the educational value of foreign language learning beyond the ‘employability’ discourse.

English language education in China is being challenged as against Chinese culture

  • Associate Professor Delia Lin,

English language education is getting increasingly political within China as US–China rivalry intensifies.

The potential risks of standardising China’s translated foreign affairs discourse

  • Assistant Professor Bei Hu,

Translation standardisation is seen as a way of managing the risk of mis-translation, but it doesn’t necessarily produce the best translations

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