This handbook reviews the language education policies of Asia, encompassing 30 countries sub-divided by regions, namely East, Southeast, South and Central Asia, and considers the extent to which these are being implemented and with what effect.

Notes on contributorsPart 1: Overview1. Language education policy in Asia: An overviewAndy Kirkpatrick and Anthony J. Liddicoat2. Minority Language Learning in Mainland Southeast AsiaDavid Bradley3. L1-based multilingual education in the Asia and Pacific region and beyond: Where are we, and where do we need to go? Carol BensonPart 2: Asia4. Language Policies in Education in the People’s Republic of ChinaAnwei Feng and Bob Adamson5. Language education policy in Hong KongAnita Y.K. Poon6. Educational Language Policy in Macau: Finding balance between Chinese, English and PortugueseAndrew Moody7. Language education policy in Japan Nobuyuki Honna and Junko Saruhashi8. Language Education Policies in South KoreaJihyeon Jeon 9. Language education policy in North KoreaJae Jung Song10. Mongolia: Language Education PolicyPhillip Marzluf and Myagmar Saruul-Erdene11. Language education policy in TaiwanLi-ying Wu and Ken LauPart 3: South-East Asia12. Language-in-Education Policy Development in the PhilippinesCatherine Young and Tony Igcalinos13. Language education policy in VietnamXuan Nhat Chi Mai Nguyen and Van Huy Nguyen14. Lao Language Policy Cliff Meyers15. Language education policy in CambodiaKimmo Kosonen16. Language education policy in ThailandJohn Draper17. Language Policy in MyanmarPatrick McCormick18. Malaysia’s Complex Language Policy Journey via Bahasa Melayu and EnglishSaran Kaur Gil and Azianura Hani Shaari19. Language Education Policy: Singapore Ritu Jain and Lionel Wee20. Language education policy in Indonesia –a struggle for unity in diversity Michelle Kohler21. Postcolonial language-in-education policy in globalised times: The case of Timor-LesteKerry Taylor-Leech22. Language Policy and Practice in Brunei DarussalamNoor Azam Haji-Othman, James McLellan and Gary JonesPart 4: South Asia23. Language policy in education in IndiaAjit K. Mohanty24. Language Education Policy and Inequalities of Multilingualism in Nepal: Ideologies, Histories and Updates Prem Phyak and Laxmi Prasad Ojha25. Language Policy in BhutanLhundup Dukpa26. Mother Tongue Education Policy in PakistanTariq Rahman27. Language in education policy in Bangladesh: A neoliberal turn? M. Obaidul Hamid and Arifa Rahman28. Language Education Policy in Sri LankaIndika Liyanage29. From a monolingual to a multilingual nation: Analysing the language education policy in the MaldivesNaashia MohamedPart 5: Central Asia30. Language education policy in AfghanistanBrian Spooner and Senzil Nawid31. Language Planning and Language Policy in KazakhstanTimothy Reagan32. Language-in-education policy in the Central Asian republics of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and UzbekistanAnthony J. Liddicoat.Index

'It can be a difficult task to keep up with the rapid changes in language education policy as Asian nations try their best to balance preservation of their own languages and adding proficiency in other languages as demanded by the globalized market. This new handbook, edited by two scholars with long experience in the field and with chapters written by local experts, is exactly the resource you need to navigate this everchanging area. It is a significant addition to the literature on the topic.' - Bernard Spolsky, Professor Emeritus, Bar-Ilan University, Israel'Choices in language education policy in Asia are remarkably complex. The region contains the most linguistically diverse societies on earth, enriched by ancient and validated literary traditions and dozens of scripts and orthographic traditions. This Handbook will be an invaluable intellectual and practical resource for researchers, teachers, policy makers and community members. It is an impressive effort with a comprehensive coverage of countries and geographic regions, language education policy types and their effects.' - Joseph Lo Bianco, Professor of Language and Literacy Education, University of Melbourne, Australia