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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.

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

A reflection on language and identity in Indonesia

  • Dr Justin Wejak,

A personal illustration of the interconnectedness between language and identity as dynamic entities.

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