Navigating English Language Education in Malaysia
The Case of Thai-Speaking Minority Pupils
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Beschreibung
This book explores the unique experiences of Thai-speaking minority students within Malaysia's multilingual educational landscape. It focuses on how these students, often overlooked in educational discourse, navigate learning English as a third language amidst the linguistic dominance of Bahasa Malaysia in national schools.
It examines the sociolinguistic and educational challenges Thai-speaking students face in Malaysia, particularly in the context of English Language Learning (ELL). By focusing on this minority group, it highlights the broader dynamics of multilingual education and the implications of learning English alongside another non-native language, Bahasa Malaysia. By documenting the lived experiences of a minority group that is often marginalized in policy discussions, it offers new insights into how minority students navigate the dual challenge of mastering English as a third language and achieving academic success in a second language (Bahasa Malaysia).
This book adds to the body of research on linguistic minorities and educational equity, and challenges the existing paradigms of language learning in multicultural societies like Malaysia. It employs a qualitative research approach, with ethnographic observations and semi-structured interviews conducted among Thai-speaking pupils. These methods allow for an in-depth understanding of the students' cognitive and emotional responses to learning in a linguistically complex environment. It also introduces an innovative framework for assessing how sociocultural and linguistic factors intersect to affect learning outcomes.
Readers will gain a nuanced understanding of how multilingual and minority students experience education in Malaysia. This book serves as a helpful resource for educators, policymakers, and researchers interested in multilingual education, as it offers practical strategies to support minority students in overcoming linguistic barriers. Furthermore, it also offers a broader reflection on the importance of language diversity in achieving equitable educational outcomes.
Focuses on the experiences of Thai-speaking minority students in Malaysia's multilingual education system Highlights the intersection of language, identity, and power in English language learning for minority students Offers policy recommendations to improve multilingual education systems to better accommodate linguistic minorities
Autor*in
Noormaizatul Akmar Muhamad Nasir
Themen in »Navigating English Language Education in Malaysia«
Thai-speaking minority students in Malaysia English language education for minority students in Malaysia Multilingual education in Malaysian schools Sociocultural theory in language learning Challenges of English as a third language in Malaysia Language barriers for Thai students in Malaysian education Code-switching practices in multilingual classrooms Educational equity for linguistic minorities in Malaysia Cognitive development in multilingual learners in Southeast Asia The role of Bahasa Malaysia in English language acquisition Thai-Siamese students navigating English in Malaysia Multilingual and multicultural classrooms in Malaysia Power dynamics in bilingual education for minority groups Language policy and minority rights in Malaysian schools Strategies for teaching English to minority students in Malaysia