4 Sri Lanka: Language Education and Peace- Building in Primary Schools

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements xi
4. 1 Rationales for Early Language Learning in State Sector Education Systems 1
5. 2 Thailand: An Educational Paradox 22
6. 3 South Korea: A Severe Case of ‘English Fever’ 44
7. 4 Sri Lanka: Language Education and Peace- Building in Primary Schools 67
8. 5 Equity and Multilingual Diversity in Primary School Language Teaching and Learning in Malaysia 91
9. 6 Early Language Teaching and Learning in Ontario, Canada and Finland: Experiences of Bilingualism and Multilingualism 113
10. 7 Rethinking Early Language Learning in State Sector Education Systems 141
11. References 165
12. Index 185