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A Language Policy

A Language Policy. Perspectives Andrew McHugh Dean of Instruction The Independent Schools Foundation Academy Doha, AIE October 2012. The Goal.

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A Language Policy

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  1. A Language Policy Perspectives Andrew McHugh Dean of Instruction The Independent Schools Foundation Academy Doha, AIE October 2012

  2. The Goal To explore the challenges of constructing a language policy that seeks to support learning in what may be two new, unfamiliar languages – Putonghua and English – without compromising students’ ability to function in the dominant language of the host community; for many, the language of their culture.

  3. A Poet’s Perspective • Then let us pray that come it may(as come it will for a' that)That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earthShall bear the gree an' a' thatFor a' that an' a' thatIt's coming yet for a' thatThat man to man, the world o'erShall brithers be for a' that

  4. The Context The HK Government policy objectives are to… • provide a balanced and diverse school education that meets the different needs of our students; and helps them build up knowledge, values and skills for further studies and personal growth; • enhance students’ bi-literate and trilingual abilities; http://www.language-education.com/eng/doc/Download_ActionPlan-Final_Report(E).pdf

  5. Stakeholders • Board • Parents • Students • Administration • Faculty

  6. Fundamental Questions • What is Language? “Language is the essential condition of knowing, the process by which experience becomes knowledge…” Michael Halliday: Towards a Language-based Theory of Learning, 1993

  7. Fundamental Questions • What is a language policy? A language policy is an action statement … It is concerned less with where the students are going , and more with how they are going to get there. Language Policy in Schools, Corson (1999)

  8. Fundamental Questions • Why do schools need a language policy? “Teaching and learning are predominantly linguistics phenomena; that is we accomplish most of our learning through the vehicle of language… Therefore, language is a tool that teachers can use to enhance cognitive development.” Costa, Marzano 2011

  9. Key Terms • Language • Immersion • Bilingualism • Additive • Dialect • Mother tongue • Bi-literacy • Subtractive

  10. Underlying Beliefs The ISF Academy recognizes that learners within the school community come from diverse language and cultural backgrounds and have the potential to develop proficiency in communication and literacy in two or more languages which may or may not include their „mother tongue‟.

  11. The ISF Academy further recognizes the need to provide programs of study that ensure the sustained development of language and literacy for all students including „mother tongue‟ maintenance. The ISF Academy believes that communication in a variety of contexts, using varied modes of expression, in more than one language is a necessity for the intercultural awareness expected of global citizens in the 21st century.

  12. Language Policy Structure • Belief statements • Guiding Principles and examples • A Conceptual Framework • Conditions for Learning • Supporting Policies • Language Profile Summary: • What we do • How we do it • Who we do it for • Why we do it

  13. Chinese Culture Dance Chinese Opera Wushu Lantern Festival

  14. Chinese Culture

  15. Food Fashion Festivals Flags The Cultural Iceberg Factors viewed from multiple perspectives that help embed global citizenship Performing Arts Field Trips Visual Arts Language Beliefs Perceptions Values • Notions of: • Beauty • Self • Modesty • Courtesy • Aging • Friendship • Cleanliness Assumptions Rules Expectations Thought Processes Norms Learning Styles Time-Orientation Status Gender Roles Space-Orientation Non-Verbal Communication Council for International Schools (CIS)

  16. 超越「五個 F」 服裝 (Fashion) 節慶活動 (Festivals) 校外考察(Fieldtrips) 食物 (Food) 國旗 (Flags) Adapted from Council for International Schools (CIS)

  17. Chinese Cultural Centre

  18. Shuyuan • The ISF Academy Shuyuan - The ISF Academy • An approach to learning • Founded on Eight Virtues + One • A sanctuary for learning • An opportunity to pursue educational excellence and personal virtue • A study of philosophies, sciences and classical literature

  19. Shuyuan “All knowledge is in response to a question. If there were no question, their would be no scientific knowledge . Nothing proceeds from itself. Nothing is given. All is constructed” Bachelard 2002 [1938] “Knowledge and power have been too much separated from morality… How to combine wisdom with power is the great problem now facing Humanity” Needham (1983)

  20. Measuring Success

  21. Measuring Success

  22. Measuring Success

  23. Measuring Success: Bilingual

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