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<p>Returning to this thread about Singapore, I saw this article in the latest issue of
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<div>Starr, R.L. et al. (2017). Third culture kids in the outer circle: The development of sociolinguistic knowledge among local and expatriate children in Singapore.<em> Language in Society, 46</em>(4), 507-546.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b> Edling <edling-bounces@bunner.geol.lu.se> on behalf of Rita Elaine SILVER (ELL, CRPP) <rita.silver@nie.edu.sg><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 28, 2017 02:55<br>
<b>To:</b> edling@bunner.geol.lu.se<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Edling] Singapore's changing language policy (Dave Sayers)</font>
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With reference to Dave Sayers’ message on changes in Singapore’s language policy (copied below), a few articles that might be of interest:</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bokhorst-Heng, W. & Silver, R. E. (2017). Reconsidering language shift within Singapore’s Chinese community: A Bourdieusian analysis. <i>International Journal of the Sociology
of Language, published online 2017-08-10.</i> </span><a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2017-0037"><span style="background: white; color: rgb(0, 98, 125); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2017-0037</span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bokhorst-Heng, W. & Silver, R. E. (2017). Contested spaces in policy enactment: a Bourdieusian analysis of language policy in Singapore. <i>Language Policy, 16</i>(3),
333-351, 1.286.</span><span style="background: rgb(252, 252, 252); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: 0.2pt; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-016-9410-6">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-016-9410-6</a></span></p>
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<span style="background: white; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Silver, R. E. & Bokhorst-Heng, W. D. (2016). Overarching themes, bilingual dreams and multilingual landscapes: Quadrilingual education in Singapore.
In Silver, R. E. & Bokhorst-Heng, W. D. (Eds.), </span><i>Quadrilingual education in Singapore</i> (pp. 03-19). Singapore: Springer<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Silver, R. (2005). The discourse of linguistic capital: Language and economic policy planning in Singapore. <i>Language Policy, 34</i>, 47-66.
</span><span style="background: rgb(252, 252, 252); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: 0.2pt; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-004-6564-4</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
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The two most recent specifically discuss to the types of changes mentioned in the New York Times article. The other two refer to them but in the context of the education system.</p>
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Message: 5</p>
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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 17:52:40 +0300</p>
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From: Dave Sayers <<a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:dave.sayers@cantab.net">dave.sayers@cantab.net</a>></p>
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To: BAAL Language Policy SIG <<a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:langpol@jiscmail.ac.uk">langpol@jiscmail.ac.uk</a>>,</p>
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"<a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:edling@bunner.geol.lu.se">edling@bunner.geol.lu.se</a>" <<a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:edling@bunner.geol.lu.se">edling@bunner.geol.lu.se</a>>,</p>
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"<a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:lgpolicy-list@groups.sas.upenn.edu">lgpolicy-list@groups.sas.upenn.edu</a>"</p>
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<<a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:lgpolicy-list@groups.sas.upenn.edu">lgpolicy-list@groups.sas.upenn.edu</a>></p>
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Subject: [Edling] Singapore's changing language policy</p>
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Message-ID: <<a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:1b720f55-43ed-d38e-48db-deacebc8cead@cantab.net">1b720f55-43ed-d38e-48db-deacebc8cead@cantab.net</a>></p>
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Hi all,</p>
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In my teaching about World Englishes, one of the week focuses on Singapore, citing the likes of Lisa Lim (e.g.
<a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="https://benjamins.com/catalog/aila.22.05lim">
https://benjamins.com/catalog/aila.22.05lim</a>) in portraying Singapore's language policy as rather blunt-edged and heavy-handed. But a New York Times article published yesterday,
<a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="https://goo.gl/VKsR9D">
https://goo.gl/VKsR9D</a>, suggests that this policy may be lightening somewhat. That could just be sensationalised media fluff though. Does anyone know of any research (published on in progress) tracking this nascent change? Or failing that, can anyone either
corroborate or challenge this article's claims?</p>
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Thanks in advance!</p>
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Dr. Dave Sayers, ORCID no. 0000-0003-1124-7132 Senior Lecturer, Dept Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University |
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www.shu.ac.uk</a> Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University & WISERD | <a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.wiserd.ac.uk">
www.wiserd.ac.uk</a> <a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:dave.sayers@cantab.net">
dave.sayers@cantab.net</a> | <a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://shu.academia.edu/DaveSayers">
http://shu.academia.edu/DaveSayers</a></p>
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