The Pulse of a Malaysian University discloses the research agendas of language scholars at a Southeast-Asian university, allowing western readers to gain deeper knowledge of an Asian perspective on language issues. In Part A, five authors address diverse ethnolinguistic/sociolinguistic issues such as the Minangkabau Pasambahan, media response to terrorism, negotiation discourse, bilingualism, and status of foreign languages. In Part B, four writers focus on the teaching of English in Malaysia with emphasis on grammar, reading, writing, and literature. Altogether, these essays feature important cultural and linguistic data revealing the range of insight and knowledge that Malaysian/Indonesian professionals possess on such issues.
| ISBN: | 9780820463933 |
| Publication date: | 12th April 2008 |
| Author: | Rodolfo Jacobson, Swee Heng Chan, Ain Nadzimah Abdullah |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang an imprint of Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 211 pages |
| Series: | Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics |
| Genres: |
Sociolinguistics Gender studies: women and girls Cultural studies Language teaching theory and methods Literary studies: general Communication studies Education |