LEADER 02862nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910819302103321 005 20230803023646.0 010 $a1-299-28378-0 010 $a90-272-7213-1 035 $a(CKB)2560000000100031 035 $a(EBL)1144140 035 $a(OCoLC)830160726 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000833900 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11474244 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833900 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10937312 035 $a(PQKB)11014342 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1144140 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1144140 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10672547 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL459628 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000100031 100 $a20130110d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe politics of English$b[electronic resource] $eSouth Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific /$fedited by Lionel Wee, Robbie B.H. Goh, Lisa Lim 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJohn Benjamins Pub. Co.$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (332 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in world language problems,$x1572-1183 ;$vv. 4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-272-2835-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. I. South Asia -- pt. II. Southeast Asia -- pt. III. Asia Pacific. 330 $aEnglish is deeply embedded within recent neoliberal projects of social reformation in South Korea, becoming a central topic of contention in the controversial educational reforms of the Lee Myung-bak regime (2008-2012). It figured prominently in various changes to the Korean education system pursued by the Lee administration under the name of greater competitiveness, such as increasing English immersion instruction in public schools and opening greater number of special purpose high schools where English language skills are highlighted. Lee's policies on the one hand aimed to cater to middle-c 410 0$aStudies in world language problems ;$vv. 4. 606 $aEnglish language$xPolitical aspects$zAsia 606 $aEnglish language$xVariation$zAsia 606 $aEnglish language$zAsia$xUsage 606 $aEnglish language$zForeign countries 606 $aLanguage and culture$zAsia 615 0$aEnglish language$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aEnglish language$xVariation 615 0$aEnglish language$xUsage. 615 0$aEnglish language 615 0$aLanguage and culture 676 $a306.44095 701 $aWee$b Lionel$f1963-$0254412 701 $aGoh$b Robbie B. H.$f1964-$01690074 701 $aLim$b Lisa$01610924 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819302103321 996 $aThe politics of English$94065579 997 $aUNINA