Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Dedication v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Preface xi
5. Foreword xiii
6. Introduction
7. The diversity of Asia-Pacific language ecologies 1
8. Education, power and sociolinguistic mobility 13
9. East Asia
10. A Yami language teacher’s journey in Taiwan 33
11. Power and other issues in minority language education in China 49
12. Forming a Korean identity in Japan 65
13. Southeast Asia
14. Patani Malay in Thai education 91
15. Language in schooling in Timor-Leste 111
16. Bidayuh as a subject at pre-school and primary levels 131
17. Sustaining and maintaining a minority language 153
18. Oceania
19. UNESCO’s action in culture and the importance of language maintenance in the Pacific 175
20. State versus community approaches to language revival 185
21. Vernacular education in Papua New Guinea 205
22. From despised jargon to language of education 223
23. Te Reo Māori – He Reo Kura? (Māori Language – A School Language?) 243
24. A study of bilingual education using Samoan language in New Zealand 261
25. Index 293
26. Authors 289