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Benson, Philip, Thiru Kandiah, and John Kwan-Terry. "English and Language Planning: A Southeast Asian Contribution." Language 72, no. 3 (September 1996): 647. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/416291.
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Beneville, Margaret A., and Chieh Li. "Evidence-based literacy interventions for East/Southeast Asian English language learners." Journal for Multicultural Education 12, no. 1 (April 9, 2018): 50–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jme-12-2016-0061.
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Purpose There is a notable dearth of interventions that have been specifically designed for Asian English Language Learner (ELL) students, and the existing research on ELL students often lacks population validity and sample diversity. In response to this need, this paper aims to review current research on literacy interventions for East/Southeast Asian ELLs and provide practical recommendations for educators teaching literacy skills to this population. Design/methodology/approach To identify studies for inclusion in this review, a systematic literature search was conducted of peer-reviewed studies and dissertations were published between 2001 and 2016. Articles were included in the authors’ review, if those described a literacy intervention where the sample was entirely East and/or Southeast Asian ELLs, or, if the sample included other groups, the study provided an analysis of the intervention’s effectiveness specifically for the East or Southeast Asian ELLs in the study. Both quantitative and qualitative studies were included. Findings The authors’ search yielded seven studies. The authors found three main contributors to effective literacy instruction for this population: culturally relevant instruction, family involvement and encouraging first language (L1) development to facilitate language and literacy in English. Results indicated that interventions that consider a student’s cultural style (i.e. preference toward a teacher-centered classroom) or included cultural familiar themes/texts were found to be more effective. In addition, strategies that encouraged the development of L1, such as the use of dual-language books, explicitly teaching contrastive analysis and providing the same book to be read at home and a school were all correlated with greater literacy gains. Finally, facilitating home-school communication seemed to contribute to the efficacy of several of the interventions. Research limitations/implications This paper reveals the need to expand the current knowledge base on effective literacy instruction and intervention for East/Southeast Asian ELL students, especially research on population validity, given the specific needs of this growing population. This review is limited by the small number of relevant studies and the fact that not all East/Southeast Asian languages or ethnic groups were represented. There is still a great need for future research to determine what methods or combination of factors are effective with East/Southeast Asian ELLs of various ages and needs. Practical implications The findings from this paper have generated practical recommendations for educators teaching literacy skills to East/Southeast Asian ELL students, such as: tailor literacy instruction to be culturally relevant, design interventions around student’s preferred learning style, encourage parent/family involvement, provide bilingual instruction and bilingual reading materials and provide parents with books and information about the literacy curriculum. Social implications This paper also reveals the need to expand the current knowledge base on effective literacy instruction and intervention for East/Southeast Asian ELL students, especially research on population validity, given the specific needs of this growing population. Originality/value Based on an extensive literature search, this is the first paper to review and summarize the research on literacy interventions for East/Southeast Asian ELLs over the past 15 years. This paper provides valuable recommendations to educators and calls for more research on English literacy acquisition specific to this population.
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Aslam Mulla, Prof Samareen. "A Study and Critique Diligent on Contribution of Kamala Das to Indian English Poetry." International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews 03, no. 12 (2022): 1759–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.55248/gengpi.2022.31253.
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I am what I am, declares Kamala Das at the outset of her essay. The poetess asserts that she is uninterested in politics yet claims to be familiar with every leader since Nehru. She seems to be saying that she cannot help but have things imprinted in her. One of the most well-known feminists of the postcolonial era was Kamala Das. She wrote in both English and Malayalam, her native language. She wrote under the pen names Madhavi Kutty and Kamala Das for her Malayalam and English readers, respectively. She was dubbed "The Mother of Modern Indian English Poetry" for her enormous contributions to poetry in our nation. Because of the confessional nature of her writing, she has also been compared to literary giants like Sylvia Plath. We examine this literary icon's amazing life on the anniversary of her birth. One of the most important voices in Indian English poetry is Kamala Das. She is regarded as one of the key inspirations on Indian English poetry, and in 2009, The Times dubbed her "the mother of modern English Indian poetry" (www.timesonline.co.uk) in honor of her efforts. She received numerous honors for her writing, including the Asian Poetry Prize in 1998, the Kent Award for English Writing from Asian Countries in 1999, the Asian World Prize in 2000, the Ezhuthachan Award in 2009, the Sahitya Academy Award in 2003, the Vayalar Award in 2001, and the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in 2005. Three poems she has written are By stating that she can recite these as quickly as she can identify the days of the week or the months, she is implying that these politicians were stuck in a cycle of time that repeats itself without regard for uniqueness. Time defined them rather than the other way around. Her contribution to Indian English poetry is the main topic of the paper.
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Siddique, Rumana. "History, Location, and the Poetic Consciousness in Kaiser Haq’s Poetry." Crossings: A Journal of English Studies 9 (August 1, 2018): 104–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.59817/cjes.v9i.132.
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South Asian poetry in English comprises an amalgamation of Western literary traditions and an ambiguity regarding the poet’s location that subsequently stirs up questions regarding identity. Both these features can be attributed to the relationship between the poet and the use of English language as opposed to his/her mother tongue. The syncretism and hybridity that occurs as a result of cultural clashes and convergences has become increasingly apparent in identity formation in today’s diasporic world. However, for those South Asian poets writing in English and borrowing from Western traditions, who can neither be identified as migrants or exiles, anxieties of identity and belonging have been a marked feature of their work. Most of these South Asian poets, despite displaying a strong sense of belonging to their national cultures, also exhibit a global heterogeneity in their identity due to the multiple affiliations that define their cultural consciousness. This paper attempts to explore the poetry of one of the major South Asian poets, Kaiser Haq, who has not only established himself as the leading Bangladeshi poet writing in English but has also carved a niche for himself as a recognized international poet. Like most other poets writing in English from the Indian subcontinent, Haq carries the burden of a colonial inheritance and his work has been and is subject to innumerable labels such as Commonwealth literature, postcolonial poetry, sub-continental poetry, etc. He defends his use of English as the medium of his poetry as a unifying force in fusing the disparate parts of his Bengali psyche. However, in his work, when placed within the context of national identification, there seems to be a refusal to limit “location” within national boundaries and yet there is a continual return to Bangladesh which remains an underlying presence in his poetry. This study focuses on how the perceptions of history and location have impacted and contributed to the identity and creative consciousness that articulates Kaiser Haq’s poetry.
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La’biran, Roni, Markus Deli Girik Allo, Melanie Nyho, Resnita Dewi, Elim Trika Sudarsi, and Nilma Taula’bi. "Cultural Perspectives on Englısh Language Teachıng Styles: A Study in The Indonesıan Context." International Journal of Religion 5, no. 7 (May 15, 2024): 1063–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.61707/3btgdc65.
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This research investigates teaching style models employed by Western and Southeast Asian teachers in senior high schools in Toraja, Indonesia. It explores students' perceptions of these teaching styles using qualitative descriptive methods. Data was collected from ten randomly selected students, an English teacher from Toraja, Indonesia, and an English teacher from the Netherlands. Research instruments included observation, questionnaires, and interviews. Descriptive analysis was used to analyse the data. The findings reveal cultural differences in teaching styles between Western and Southeast Asian teachers. Western teachers prioritize facilitating student learning, valuing individuality, encouraging independent thinking, using group discussions as a mode of instruction, considering mistakes as part of the learning process, and exhibiting varying degrees of formality in student-teacher interactions. In contrast, Southeast Asian teachers adopt an authoritative teaching style, placing less emphasis on individuality, highlighting the importance of group dynamics, and observing hesitancy among students to aşk questions.
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Zhu, Ying, and Quynh Nhu Le. "Body, Time, and Space: Poetry as Choreography in Southeast Asian American Literature." Dance Chronicle 39, no. 1 (January 2, 2016): 77–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01472526.2016.1135511.
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Blumenberg, Evelyn, Lily Song, and Paul Ong. "Surveying Southeast Asian Welfare Participants: Examples, Challenges, and Future Directions." AAPI Nexus Journal: Policy, Practice, and Community 5, no. 2 (2007): 55–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.36650/nexus5.2_55-76_blumenbergetal.
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Numerous studies have examined the effects of welfare reform on the employment and caseload dynamics of welfare recipients in California. Yet, despite their overrepresentation among welfare recipients, Southeast Asians have received relatively little scholarly attention. This study explores one explanation for this finding-the challenges of collecting data on Southeast Asian welfare recipients and, in particular, the difficulties associated with surveying this population group. These difficulties include attracting adequate funding to recruit sizeable Southeast Asian samples,; translating survey materials into Southeast Asian languages,; and effectively administering surveys among a highly mobile population group with low English language proficiency. To strengthen research on this important but understudied population group, researchers must build political and financial support for such research; develop appropriate research designs informed by an understanding of the characteristics of Southeast Asian families, communities, and welfare recipients; rely on refugee support organizations to help overcome resistance to participating in survey research; and make the data available to interested scholars to maximize the impact of these data collection efforts.
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McLellan, James. "Towards Dehegemonizing the English Language: Perspectives of a “Center” ResearcherWorking in the Periphery." Langkit : Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 8 (April 1, 2019): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.62071/jssh.v8i.80.
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This article takes as its starting point the phrase “towards dehegemonizing the English language”, used in the rationale for this conference and workshop. The presentation draws on the insights of Southeast Asian scholars including Tupas (Unequal Englishes), Lorente (the grip of English and Philippine language policy), and Noor Azam (It’s not always English: Duelling aunties in Brunei Darussalam). Noting with approval these examples of ‘periphery’ scholars writing back and exploring the ways in which English has become an Asian language, I offer examples of mixed and unmixed language use in language and content classrooms for collaborative analysis with the audience, and other spoken, written and social media texts for comparison and contrast. These should enable us to explore: whether classroom language use reflects the world outside; whether we can move towards a more accommodating multilingual model; whether this can help us to view local and global languages as complimentary The conclusion suggests a reconceptualization of Applied Linguistics and supports the development of theories arising from Southeast Asian multilingual contexts.
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Wu, Zhiwei, and Zhuojia Chen. "Localizing Chinese games for Southeast Asian markets." Journal of Internationalization and Localization 7, no. 1-2 (December 31, 2020): 49–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jial.20003.wu.
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Abstract This article explores how Chinese games are localized for Southeast Asia (SEA) markets. Based on the synthesized insights from practitioners and gamers, we identify gaps between localization in theory and in practice. The post-gold model is popular with Chinese game companies that usually do not consider localizing a game until it has attained domestic success. They tend to opt for full localization rather than “deep localization” (Bernal-Merino 2011) because adapting visuals and game mechanics is considered “icing on the cake”. Additionally, in our data, gamers seem to prefer foreignization over domestication, while practitioners combine both strategies to create a defamiliarizing gaming experience. Finally, the language diversity in SEA and the lingua franca status of English call for a nuanced understanding of locale. Hence, we suggest to differentiate three types of locales (presumed, practiced, and preferred) as a possible analytical framework to further theorize game localization from multiple perspectives of stakeholders.
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Orsini, Francesca. "From Eastern Love to Eastern Song: Re-translating Asian Poetry." Comparative Critical Studies 17, no. 2 (June 2020): 183–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/ccs.2020.0358.
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This essay explores the loop of translations and re-translations of ‘Eastern poetry’ from Asia into Europe and back into (South) Asia at the hands of ‘Oriental translators’, translators of poetry who typically used existing translations as their original texts for their ambitious and voluminous enterprises. If ‘Eastern’ stood in all cases for a kind of exotic (in the etymological sense of ‘from the outside’) poetic exploration, for Adolphe Thalasso in French and E. Powys Mathers in English, Eastern love poetry could shade into prurient ethno-eroticism. For the Urdu poet and translator Miraji, instead, what counted in Eastern poetry was oral, rhythmic and visual richness – song.
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Indarti, Dwi. "Lexical richness of newspaper editorials published in Southeast Asian countries." Studies in English Language and Education 7, no. 1 (March 2, 2020): 55–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.24815/siele.v7i1.15032.
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This paper investigates the lexical richness of newspaper editorials written by the writers from ESL (English as a Second Language) and EFL (English as a Foreign Language) of Southeast Asian countries. Using editorial texts published on the same day in two major online newspapers from Malaysia and the Philippines as representative of ESL countries, and two major online newspapers published in Indonesia and Thailand that represent EFL countries, this paper compares the production of Type Token Ratio (TTR) as a measurement of the lexical richness. This study displays a profile of lexical richness gained by submitting the texts into a vocabulary profiler program namely Lexical Frequency Profile (LFP) proposed by Laufer and Nation (1995) to highlight the emergence of the high-frequency word list (K1 and K2 words) and low-frequency word list (AWL and Off-list words). In general, the results show that in all terms of word lists, ESL texts have more varied vocabulary than EFL texts as indicated by the TTR scores (ESL: 0.51; EFL: 0.49). Although the gap of the TTR scores between ESL and EFL texts is slightly insignificant, a bigger TTR score indicates a high lexical richness, while a smaller TTR score shows a low lexical richness. The higher score of TTR in ESL texts could be understood since English plays an important role in education, governance policy and popular culture in those countries (i.e. Malaysia and the Philippines), meanwhile, in Indonesia and Thailand, it plays a lesser role.
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Misra, Supriya, Laura C. Wyatt, Jennifer A. Wong, Cindy Y. Huang, Shahmir H. Ali, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Nadia S. Islam, Stella S. Yi, and Simona C. Kwon. "Determinants of Depression Risk among Three Asian American Subgroups in New York City." Ethnicity & Disease 30, no. 4 (September 24, 2020): 553–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.18865/ed.30.4.553.
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Objective: Although the fastest growing minority group, Asian Americans receive little attention in mental health research. Moreover, aggregated data mask further diversity within Asian Americans. This study aimed to examine depression risk by detailed Asian American subgroup, and further assess determinants within and between three Asian ethnic subgroups.Methods: Needs assessment surveys were collected in 16 Asian American subgroups (six Southeast Asian, six South Asian, and four East Asian) in New York City from 2013-2016 using community-based sampling strategies. A final sample of N=1,532 completed the PHQ-2. Bivariate comparisons and multivariable logistic models explored differences in depression risk by subgroup.Results: Southeast Asians had the greatest depression risk (19%), followed by South Asians (11%) and East Asians (9%). Among Southeast Asians, depression risk was associated with lacking health insurance (OR=.2, 95% CI: 0-.6), not having a provider who speaks the same language (OR=3.2, 95% CI: 1.3-8.0), and lower neighborhood social cohesion (OR= .94, 95% CI: .71-.99). Among South Asians, depression risk was associated with greater English proficiency (OR=3.9, 95% CI: 1.6-9.2); and among East Asians, depression risk was associated with ≤ high school education (OR=4.2, 95% CI: 1.2-14.3). Additionally, among Southeast Asians and South Asians, the highest depression risk was associated with high levels of discrimination (Southeast Asian: OR=9.9, 95% CI: 1.8-56.2; South Asian: OR=7.3, 95% CI: 3.3-16.2).Conclusions: Depression risk and determinants differed by Asian American ethnic subgroup. Identifying factors associated with depression risk among these groups is key to targeting limited public health resources for these underserved communities. Ethn Dis. 2020;30(4):553-562; doi:10.18865/ed.30.4.553
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Ziegeler, Debra, and Sarah Lee. "Lexical Retention in Contact Grammaticalisation: Already In Southeast Asian Englishes." Journal of Language Contact 12, no. 3 (January 28, 2020): 737–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/19552629-01203006.
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Amongst the problems of contact grammaticalisation research in past studies has been, first, the problem of searching for diachronic evidence in relatively ‘new’ language situations, something which was advocated by Bruyn (2009), amongst others as essential to contact grammaticalisation research. Because of the absence of stage-by-stage diachronic evidence for contact grammaticalisation, many cases of ordinary contact-induced grammaticalisation may at first appear as simply calques (polysemy-copying in Heine & Kuteva 2005). The present study reveals the presence of lexical persistence in the age-graded distribution of the perfective marker already in Singaporean and Malaysian English, and demonstrates that even ordinary contact-induced grammaticalisation may be gradual if it is mediated by constraints from the lexifier source material. The study also questions the hypothesis of Total Systemic Transfer of the Chinese perfective aspectual system in Singapore English (Bao, 2001; 2005; 2015), and suggests an extended function for the Lexifier Filter in contact.
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Choe, Hohsung, and Eunmi Son. "Southeast Asian ESL countries as study abroad destinations: A Korean perspective." English Today 34, no. 2 (November 6, 2017): 46–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266078417000451.
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The number of Korean students studying abroad has dropped drastically in the last decade. In 2014, 10,907 students ranging from age six to 18 went abroad, just over one-third of the total in 2006 when the number hit its highest peak at 29,511 (Korea Herald, 2015). There are a number of reasons for this apparent trend. First, study abroad students have a hard time adjusting themselves to life in the host country, and it is also common for them to experience readjustment difficulties when returning to Korea. Second, parents believe that children can learn ‘authentic’ English in Korea: various English immersion programmes are now available for young learners. Third, studying abroad no longer guarantees children's future success. Returnees are not preferred in the job market due to their in-between identity.
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Menking, Scott. "Thai and Japanese university students: Usefulness of English." English Today 31, no. 2 (May 28, 2015): 51–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266078415000103.
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English is regularly perceived to be the global language that is used for cross-cultural communication by people from around the world (e.g., Crystal, 2003). Following international trends, English has exerted a presence in the cultures, languages, and interactional patterns of the peoples of Asia (Kachru, 1998: 91). The status afforded English native and near-native speakers reflects the perceived importance and interpersonal functionality of English in the region, and efforts by Asian governments to teach English at younger ages, as well as the demand for English ability by corporations, the media, and individuals, demonstrate its perceived instrumentality. In spite of the presumption of usefulness, there have been surprisingly few studies investigating Asian learners' perceptions of and decision to use English in specific settings. There is also a need for research that extends beyond individual countries to include pan-Asian issues, particularly in the “lesser-researched expanding-circle societies, including … Japan … [and] Thailand” (Bolton, 2008: 9). In order to address this gap in the literature and inform discussions about the comparability of students across Asian Expanding Circle countries, the aim of the present study is to compare and contrast how students in one Southeast Asian Expanding Circle country (i.e., Thailand) and one East Asian Expanding Circle country (i.e., Japan) view the usefulness of English to their lives.
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Foster, Morris John, and Christopher Richardson. "“Buslish” in East and Southeast Asian business – a role for continuing education." International Journal of Information and Learning Technology 39, no. 2 (February 23, 2022): 133–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijilt-10-2021-0158.
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PurposeThe aim of the research, in the East and Southeast Asia context, is to explore the advantages and problems of Buslish (business facilitation English) for managers and to generate suggestions for maximising the use of Buslish as a critical resource in organisational effectiveness, including potential educational support and its required technology.Design/methodology/approachData aimed to explore the issue were collected from a multi-country sample of 31 non-native English speakers, using a semi-structured questionnaire, plus in-depth interviews (10) with some respondents. Data were analysed using a mixture of descriptive statistics and logical argumentation.FindingsThe authors found a strong agreement that Buslish is important in the chosen setting, but there are problems in practice. Views on the importance of style and precision of the language actually used varied considerably. A key practical implication is that there is a role for English continuing professional development (CPD) courses.Practical implicationsFirms should support the development of English language skills of employees, certainly at management level and perhaps also at shop floor level. Suitable courses could be offered in firms' CPD programmes. Employees who are native speakers should be encouraged to enunciate clearly for non-native speaker colleagues, not to use slang and not to speak too quickly. While the authors encourage the use of contemporary communication technologies (e.g. virtual classrooms), they maintain that these should be supplementary in nature, supporting, rather than replacing, face-to-face learning formats.Originality/valueA key aspect of the originality of the work is derived from the specific location, primary data collected and the creative nexus of the initial issue and its educational requirements, including technologies.
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Salazar, Danica. "Towards improved coverage of Southeast Asian Englishes in the Oxford English Dictionary." Lexicography 1, no. 1 (May 23, 2014): 95–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40607-014-0003-2.
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Wang, Mengyao, Yu Yan, Mingxuan Li, and Long Zhou. "Differences in Emotional Preferences toward Urban Green Spaces among Various Cultural Groups in Macau and Their Influencing Factors." Land 13, no. 4 (March 24, 2024): 414. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land13040414.
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This study explores the diversity in emotional tendencies and needs toward urban green spaces (UGSs) among people from different cultural backgrounds in the wave of cultural integration. We utilized social media data as research tools, gathering a wide range of perspectives and voices. Utilizing geolocation data from 176 UGSs in Macau, we collected 139,162 social media comments to analyze the emotional perceptions of different cultural groups. Furthermore, we conducted regression analysis on the number of posts and emotional intensity values from four linguistic groups—Chinese, English, Southeast Asian languages, and Portuguese—in UGSs, correlating them with ten locally relevant landscape features. Our findings reveal diverse attitudes, emotional inclinations, and functional and design needs of different linguistic groups toward UGSs, as follows: (1) there were significant differences in emotional intensity and tweet counts across 176 UGSs; (2) Chinese and Portuguese speakers showed a more positive attitude toward plazas and natural ecological areas, whereas English- and Southeast-Asian-language speakers tended to favor recreational areas and suburban parks; (3) Chinese speakers exhibited a more positive emotional intensity toward sports facilities, while English speakers placed more emphasis on green space areas, architecture, sports infrastructure, and plant landscapes; (4) there was no specific landscape feature preference for Portuguese- and Southeast-Asian-language speakers. This research not only deepens our understanding of the emotional perceptions and preferences of UGSs among different cultural groups but also explores the association between these groups and various urban landscape features. This provides important theoretical and practical insights for future UGS planning, construction, and promoting multicultural coexistence for sustainable urban development.
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Salih, Sarah, Tengku Aizan Hamid, Rahimah Ibrahim, Asmidawati Ashari, Siti Farra Abdullah, and Sen Tyng Chai. "A Scoping Review on Determinants of Active Ageing in Southeast Asian Region." Sains Malaysiana 52, no. 5 (May 31, 2023): 1523–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2023-5205-15.
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Many developing countries face a rapidly ageing population requiring sufficient preparation to integrate various services for enhancing healthy active ageing. However, there is a lack of evidence on the comprehensive framework of active ageing and its overall determinants, especially in the Southeast Asia region. The current review sought to understand the main determinants of active ageing to predict the indicators of active ageing in the Southeast Asia region. A scoping review is conducted by reviewing English language literature published between 2002 and 2022 in three electronic databases, including Scopus, ScienceDirect, and PubMed, using MeSH terms, keywords, and inclusion and exclusion criteria. The review found a wide range of variables related to five determinants of healthy ageing in Southeast Asia. Participation in social, physical, learning, and labour activities is the most frequent and popular determinant of active ageing in Southeast Asia. Followed by health (health services and health status), perceived environment (neighbourhoods and housing), security (financial security, social status, and independency), behavioural (spirituality and lifestyle), and personal demographic characteristics, respectively. Overall, this scoping review contributed to the identification of comprehensive indicators ofactive ageing in Southeast Asia, including Malaysia.
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Heller, Benedikt, Tobias Bernaisch, and Stefan Th Gries. "Empirical perspectives on two potential epicenters: The genitive alternation in Asian Englishes." ICAME Journal 41, no. 1 (March 1, 2017): 111–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/icame-2017-0005.
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Abstract The present study seeks to contribute to two sparsely examined areas of World Englishes research by (i) quantitatively evaluating two potential linguistic epicenters in Asia (Indian and Singapore English) while (ii) investigating the English genitive alternation in a cross-varietal perspective. In a corpus-based bottom-up approach, we evaluate 4,200 interchangeable genitive cases of written English from Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, the Philippines, Singapore and Sri Lanka, as represented in the International Corpus of English. We use a new method called MuPDARF, a multifactorial deviation analysis based on random forest classifications, to evaluate to what extent and with which factors the Asian varieties differ from British English in their genitive choices. Results show conspicuous differences between British English and the Asian varieties and validate the potential epicenter status of Indian English for South Asia, but not unanimously that of Singapore English for Southeast Asia.
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Liew, Brandon K. "The Unquiet Dreams of Lesser Malaysian Writers." Archiv orientální 89, no. 2 (September 30, 2021): 283–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.47979/aror.j.89.2.283-310.
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Using the ‘Global Malaysian Novel’ as a focal point, my paper demonstrates how the emergence of this critical conceptualization is a shift that problematizes traditional postmodern and postcolonial modes that have not yet transcended the nation as a frame of reference. When ‘Global Malaysian Novels’ are being written, marketed and sold outside Malaysian borders, to what extent do these texts retain their capacity for representation: Asian identities, national identities, regional and diasporic? While a critique of their complicity in Global Literary Markets centered in the U.K. and U.S. is often reduced to an ad hominem attack, there remains much to be said about the effects of their increasingly transnational material productions upon their more formally understood aesthetic and literary qualities. As such, I explore the discursive effects of the ‘Global Malaysian Novel’ as a transnational production in Southeast Asia, and how literary scholars have approached contemporary Asian literatures and attempted to situate them within realms of the national, within postcolonial Southeast Asia and within wider World Literature frameworks. In particular, I chart not only the historical production of literary texts written in English in Southeast Asia since 1945, but the current discourse of English Literary studies in the region.
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Le, Anh Tho. "SINGAPORE’S EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING ENGLISH AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR PROMOTING ENGLISH IN UNIVERSITIES IN VIETNAM." VNU Journal of Foreign Studies 39, no. 6 (December 31, 2023): 125–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.63023/2525-2445/jfs.ulis.5181.
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Singapore, a small Southeast Asian nation, has achieved remarkable economic development in the 20th and 21st centuries. A crucial element contributing to this success is its robust economy and enduring political stability, both of which are highly regarded, similar to the situation in Britain. This article will analyze general education and the evolving role of English in Singapore's economic growth. It will also offer policy recommendations for English language provision in Vietnamese universities, aiming to equip Vietnam's youth with strong English skills, enabling them to confidently enter the global economic arena, as Singapore has achieved successfully.
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Poonsri, Ranwarat, and Ramita Tuayrakdee. "Southeast Asian Literature in English: Gender and Political Issues in Laotian, Burmese and Vietnamese Short Stories." J-Lalite: Journal of English Studies 3, no. 1 (June 30, 2022): 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.20884/1.jes.2022.3.1.5708.
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In teaching Southeast Asian literature in English in Thailand, a lecturer presented a brief historical background of each country. After lecturing on each country’s literature background, the students were assigned to write the reflection essays on short stories studied in class. Then, a lecturer summarized the issues discussed in class and from students’ reflection essays. This article is resulted from the case study of teaching modern Southeast Asian Literary Works in English at IAC international studies ASEAN-CHINA program, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat university, Thailand. A lecturer and students discovered gender and political issues in Laotian, Burmese and Vietnamese short stories. Laotian and Vietnamese short stories A Bar at the Edge of Cemetery and The Khaki Coat represent writers’ attitudes towards their communist/socialist government. Laos and Vietnam share social problems such as poverty-famine, economic inequality and class struggle. Additionally, Laotian, Burmese and Vietnamese short stories also portray gender issues such as gender inequality, women’s liberation movements, and the effects of war on women.
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Kaneko, Kenji. "The Inflow of Southeast Asian Healthcare Worker Candidates in Japan:Japanese Reactions to the Possibility of Cultural and Ethnic Diversity." Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies 33, no. 2 (January 5, 2016): 78–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.22439/cjas.v33i2.4967.
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This paper examines the social and cultural meanings of the incorporation of Southeast Asian healthcare migrant workers in Japan, focusing in particular on Japanese attitudes and perspectives. I argue that several issues and concerns are related to the way the Japanese see Japan as a homogeneous society, and that these issues and concerns intertwine with Japan's historical experience of the inflow of non-Japanese migrants. The arrival of Southeast Asian healthcare workers has been met with concern in Japanese society, but because of its rapidly aging and shrinking population, Japan's healthcare industry needs to internationalize. The article is based on research data that includes information on events, debates and arguments in official and unofficial documents, newspaper articles and transcripts of interviews in the press in both Japanese and English. It aims to provide a better understanding of how Japan is tapping into the international labour market to bolster its health industry. The situation of Southeast Asian healthcare migrant workers in Japan is also examined in its historical, social and cultural contexts.
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Takagi, Midori. "Orientals Need Apply: Gender-based Asylum in the U.S." Ethnic Studies Review 33, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 61–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/esr.2010.33.1.61.
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Every other year I teach a course entitled “The History of Asian Women in America,” which focuses on the experiences of East, South and Southeast Asian women as they journey to these shores and resettle. Using autobiographies, poetry, journal writings, interviews and academic texts, the students learn from the women what political, social, cultural, economic and ecological conditions prompted them to leave their homelands and why they chose the United States. We learn of their rich cultural backgrounds, their struggles to create a subculture based on their home and host experiences, and the cultural gaps that often appear between the first and subsequent generations. And we also learn how patriarchy affects their lives transnationally. In spite of all this information, inevitably one student always asks “why are Asian cultures so oppressive to women?”
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Hoesterey, James. "Globalization and Islamic Indigenization in Southeast Asian Muslim Communities." ISLAM NUSANTARA:Journal for the Study of Islamic History and Culture 3, no. 2 (July 31, 2022): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.47776/islamnusantara.v3i2.370.
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For centuries, what is now commonly referred to in the Cold War-inflected English parlance as “Southeast Asia” has been connected to various regions of the world -- from the transmission of Islam from diverse places in the Middle East, South Asia, and China, to engagements with European colonialism and, more recently, post-independence foreign relations in various regional, multilateral, and global contexts. From the eighth century Muslim traders were traversing the ports of what is now called Southeast Asia, and by the turn of the fourteenth century there is evidence for indigenous Muslim communities.[1] Such economic, cultural, and religious exchange over the centuries has not, despite the warnings of some globalization theorists, led to a homogenization of Southeast Asia, much less a homogenization of Islamic ideas and practices. Rather than coming as a single homogenous and authoritative source, the spread of Islam – and Muslim leaders -- across mainland and island Southeast Asia came from many directions and influences from Mecca and Medina to the Swahili Coast, Yemen, India, the Persian Gulf, Patani networks, and as far as China. Whereas some transmission of Islamic ideas from the Middle East (often led by Southeast Asians, or Jawi, pilgrims, scholars, and travelers who return home) have led to contentious debates and power struggles in particular moments and places, such as the struggle between “old” and “young” movements among Minangkabau in West Sumatra, more recently Southeast Asia – especially Muslim Southeast Asia – has experienced other forms of cultural influence and exchange with East Asian countries like Japan and Korea as well as Western countries from the United States to former European colonial powers.[2] As a nation-state, Indonesia has also begun to come to terms with Chinese Muslims as part of the long histories of Islam and Muslims in the archipelago. Along the way, Southeast Asia’s ethnic communities have retained a sense of cultural, national, and religious identities that are influenced, yet never entirely determined, by outside forces.
[1] Feener 2019, “Islam in Southeast Asia to c. 1800,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277727.013.40
[2] For Malaysia, see Michael G. Peletz, Sharia Transformations: Cultural Politics and the Rebranding of an Islamic Judiciary (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2020). For the influence of K-Pop, see Ariel Heryanto, Identity and Pleasure: The Politics of Indonesian Screen Culture (Singapore: NUS Press, 2014).
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Bowie, Katherine. "Women's Suffrage in Thailand: A Southeast Asian Historiographical Challenge." Comparative Studies in Society and History 52, no. 4 (October 2010): 708–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0010417510000435.
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Although much of the history of women's suffrage has focused on the American and British struggles of the early twentieth century, a newer generation of interdisciplinary scholars is exploring its global trajectory. Fundamental to these cross-cultural comparisons is the establishment of an international timeline of women's suffrage; its order at once shapes and is shaped by its historiography. According to the currently dominant chronology, “Female suffrage began with the 1893 legislation in New Zealand” (Ramirez, Soysal, and Shanahan 1997: 738; see also Grimshaw 1987 [1972]: xiv). In this timeline, “Australia was next to act, in 1902” (ibid.). Despite the geographical location of New Zealand and Australia in greater Southeast Asia, the narrative that accompanies this timeline portrays “first world” women as leading the struggle for suffrage and “third world” women as following their example.1As Ramirez, Soysal, and Shanahan write, “A smaller early wave of suffrage extensions between 1900 and 1930 occurred mostly in European states. A second, more dramatic wave occurred after 1930” (ibid.). Similarly, Patricia Grimshaw writes, “It was principally in the English-speaking world, in the United States, in Britain and its colonial dependencies, and in the Scandinavian countries that sustained activity for women's political enfranchisement occurred. Other countries eventually followed suit” (1987: xiv).
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Andaya, Leonard Y., H. A. Poeze, Anne Booth, Adrian Clemens, A. P. Borsboom, James F. Weiner, Martin Bruinessen, et al. "Book Reviews." Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 148, no. 2 (1992): 328–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134379-90003163.
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- Leonard Y. Andaya, H.A. Poeze, Excursies in Celebes; Een bundel bijdragen bij het afscheid van J. Noorduyn als directeur-secretaris van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Leiden: KITLV Uitgeverij, 1991, 348 pp., P. Schoorl (eds.) - Anne Booth, Adrian Clemens, Changing economy in Indonesia Volume 12b; Regional patterns in foreign trade 1911-40. Amsterdam: Royal Tropical Institute, 1992., J.Thomas Lindblad, Jeroen Touwen (eds.) - A.P. Borsboom, James F. Weiner, The empty place; Poetry space, and being among the Foi of Papua New Guinea. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991. - Martin van Bruinessen, Ozay Mehmet, Islamic identity and development; Studies of the Islamic periphery. London and New York: Routledge, 1990 (cheap paperback edition: Kula Lumpur: Forum, 1990), 259 pp. - H.J.M. Claessen, Timothy Earle, Chiefdoms: power, economy, and ideology. A school of American research book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. 341 pp., bibliography, maps, figs. - H.J.M. Claessen, Henk Schulte Nordholt, State, village, and ritual in Bali; A historical perspective. (Comparitive Asian studies 7.) Amsterdam: VU University press for the centre for Asian studies Amsterdam, 1991. 50 pp. - B. Dahm, Ruby R. Paredes, Philippine colonial democracy. (Monograph series 32/Yale University Southeast Asia studies.) New Haven: Yale Center for international and Asia studies, 1988, 166 pp. - Eve Danziger, Bambi B. Schieffelin, The give and take of everyday life; Language socialization of Kaluli children. (Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language 9.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. - Roy Ellen, David Hicks, Kinship and religion in Eastern Indonesia. (Gothenburg studies in social anthropology 12.) Gothenburg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 1990, viii 132 pp., maps, figs, tbls. - Paul van der Grijp, Pierre Lemonnier, Guerres et festins; Paix, échanges et competition dans les highlands de Nouvelle-Guinée. (avant-propos par Maurice Godelier). Paris: Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, 1990, 189 pp. - F.G.P. Jaquet, Hans van Miert, Bevlogenheid en onvermogen; Mr. J.H. Abendanon en de Ethische Richting in het Nederlandse kolonialisme. Leiden: KITLV Uitgeverij, 1991. VI 178 pp. - Jan A. B. Jongeneel, Leendert Jan Joosse, ‘Scoone dingen sijn swaere dingen’; een onderzoek naar de motieven en activiteiten in de Nederlanden tot verbreiding van de gereformeerde religie gedurende de eerste helft van de zeventiende eeuw. Leiden: J.J. Groen en Zoon, 1992, 671 pp., - Barbara Luem, Robert W. Hefner, The political economy of Mountain Java; An interpretive history. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. - W. Manuhutu, Dieter Bartels, Moluccans in exile; A struggle for ethnic survival; Socialization, identity formation and emancipation among an East-Indonesian minority in The Netherlands. Leiden: Centre for the study of social conflicts and Moluccan advisory council, 1989, xiii 544 p. - J. Noorduyn, Taro Goh, Sumba bibliography, with a foreword by James J. Fox, Canberra: The Australian National University, 1991. (Occasional paper, Department of Anthropology, Research school of Pacific studies.) xi 96 pp., map, - J.G. Oosten, Veronika Gorog-Karady, D’un conte a l’autre; La variabilité dans la litterature orale/From one tale to the other; Variability in oral literature. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1990 - Gert Oostindie, J.H. Galloway, The sugar cane industry: An historical geography from its origins to 1914. Cambridge (etc.): Cambridge University Press, 1989. xiii 266 pp. - J.J. Ras, Peter Carey, The British in Java, 1811-1816; A Javanese account. Oriental documents X, published for the British academy by Oxford University Press, 1992, xxii 611 pp., ills., maps. Oxford: Alden press. - Ger P. Reesink, Karl G. Heider, Landscapes of emotion; Mapping three cultures of emotion in Indonesia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Paris: Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme. 1991, xv 332 p. - Ger P. Reesink, H. Steinhauer, Papers on Austronesian linguistics No. 1. Canberra: Department of linguistics, Research school of Pacific studies, ANU. (Pacific linguistics series A- 81). 1991, vii 225 pp., - Janet Rodenburg, Peter J. Rimmer, The underside of Malaysian history; Pullers, prostitutes, plantation workers...Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1990, xiv 259 p., Lisa M. Allen (eds.) - A.E.D. Schmidgall-Tellings, John M. Echols, An Indonesian-English Dictionary. Third edition. Revised and edited by John U.Wolff and James T. Collins in in cooperation with Hasan Shadily. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1989. xix + 618 pp., Hasan Shadily (eds.) - Mary F. Somers Heidhues, Olaf H. Smedal, Order and difference: An ethnographic study of Orang Lom of Bangka, West Indonesia, Oslo: University of Oslo, Department of social anthropology, 1989. [Oslo Occasional Papers in Social Anthropology, Occasional Paper no. 19, 1989]. - E.Ch.L. van der Vliet, Henri J.M. Claessen, Early state economics. New Brunswick and London: Transaction Publishers, 1991 [Political and Anthropology Series volume 8]., Pieter van de Velde (eds.) - G.M. Vuyk, J. Goody, The oriental, the ancient and the primitive; Systems of marriage and the family in the pre-industrial societies of Eurasia. New York, Cambridge University Press, (Studies in literacy, family, culture and the state), 1990, 562 pp. - E.P. Wieringa, Dorothée Buur, Inventaris collectie G.P. Rouffaer. Leiden: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 1990, vi 105 pp., 6 foto´s.
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Kirkpatrick, Andy. "English as an Asian lingua franca and the multilingual model of ELT." Language Teaching 44, no. 2 (May 14, 2010): 212–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0261444810000145.
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The concept of English as a lingua franca (ELF) has recently caused a great deal of controversy, much of it based on a misunderstanding of ELF. In this presentation, I shall first provide a brief history of lingua francas and then compare and contrast two major Asian lingua francas – Bahasa Indonesia and Putonghua – in order to show how different their developmental paths have been. The presentation will then consider the current role that English is playing as a lingua franca, with a particular focus on its role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia. Examples of linguistic features of English as a lingua franca in Asia will be provided. These will be contrasted with linguistic features of vernacular varieties of English, varieties of world English and European ELF. Finally, possible implications of ELF in English language teaching, and the ‘multilingual model’ will be proposed. Suggestions on ways in which English/regional lingua francas and local languages might work together as languages of education will conclude the presentation.
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Kaulina, Farah Luthfi, and Sukihananto Sukihananto. "Utilization for Non-Communicable Diseases Management in Southeast Asia." Jurnal Kesehatan 15, no. 1 (April 25, 2024): 160–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.26630/jk.v15i1.4356.
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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are still a morbidity and mortality problem in Southeast Asia. However, NCD in Southeast Asia still needs to be handled faster. WHO recommends the use of digital in treating NCDs in Southeast Asia. Therefore, this literature review study aims to describe how mHealth is utilized to overcome the problem of NCDs in Southeast Asian countries. The author collected articles using Google Scholar and Proquest, which were published in 2019-2023. The focus of the search was articles published in English-language Research Journals. Researchers used advanced search with the keywords NCD, Non-communicable diseases, mHealth, Mobile Health, Nursing, and Health Promotion. Keywords are combined using Boolean and/or the online database that the researcher chose. Articles that have been filtered are filtered again by selecting research locations in Southeast Asian countries. Ten articles obtained came from research in Southeast Asian countries Indonesia (n=4), Malaysia (n=1), Singapore (n=1), Vietnam (n=1), Thailand (1), Cambodia (n=1), Philippines (n=1). All articles discussed the use of mHealth for NCD management in their countries and aimed to determine the barriers (n=3), feasibility (n=1), effectiveness (n=2), impact (n=2), potential (n=1), perception (n=1), and perspective (n=1) of service providers, as well as the experience of using mHealth in remote areas (n=1). It can be concluded that mHealth can be used for independent screening for PTM, providing education about NCDs, and can be applied in rural areas as a comprehensive effort to handle NCDs.
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Luke, Carmen. "Globalization and Women in Southeast Asian Higher Education Management." Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education 104, no. 3 (April 2002): 625–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016146810210400302.
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This paper draws on data from a group case study of women in higher education management in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. I investigate culture-specific dimensions of what the Western literature has conceptualized as “glass ceiling” impediments to women's career advancement in higher education. I frame my argument within recent debates about globalization and “glocalization” to show how the push–pull and disjunctive dynamics of globalization are experienced in local sites by social actors who traverse global flows and yet remain tethered to local discourses, values, and practices. All of the women in this study were trained in Western universities and are fluent English speakers, world-class experts in their fields, well versed with equity discourses, and globally connected on international nongovernment organization (NGO) and academic circuits. They are indeed global cosmopolitans. And yet their testimonies indicate that so-called Asian values and religious-cultural ideologies demand the enactment of a specific construct of Asian femininity that militates against meritocratic equality and academic career aspirations to senior management levels. Despite the global nature of the university and increasing global flows of academics, students, and knowledge, the politics of academic glass ceilings are not universal but always locally inflected with cultural values and norms. As such, the politics of disadvantage for women in higher education require local and situated analyses in the context of global patterns of the educational status of women and the changing nature of higher education.
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FOGG, KEVIN W. "Indonesian Islamic Socialism and its South Asian Roots." Modern Asian Studies 53, no. 06 (July 2, 2019): 1736–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x17000646.
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AbstractIslamic socialism was a major intellectual and political movement in Indonesia in the twentieth century, with ongoing influences until today. However, this movement did not follow the most common narratives of Indonesian intellectual history, which trace religious influences to the Middle East and political movements to anti-colonial reaction in terms framed by the Dutch. Rather, the first major Indonesian proponent of Islamic socialism, H. O. S. Tjokroaminoto, took his thinking on Islamic socialism directly from the English-language work of a South Asian itinerant scholar, Mushir Hosein Kidwai, in a process that most likely had the minority Ahmadiyyah community as intermediaries. Future Islamic socialist thought, much of it influenced by Tjokroaminoto, continued to echo through Indonesian secular nationalism, political Islam, and even Islamism. Studying the intellectual origins of Islamic socialism in Indonesia, then, shows not only the roots of an important strand of Southeast Asian politics in the last century, but also the importance of alternative currents of thought (South Asian, outside the mainstream, Anglophone) in Southeast Asian Islam.
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Lane, Eric. "“My body is its image, here”: Diasporic Identity and the Deconstruction of Binary Division in 21st Century Asian American Poetry." Oregon Undergraduate Research Journal 20, no. 2 (November 16, 2022): 155–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.5399/uo/ourj/20.2.11.
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This paper examines the poems of Franny Choi and Victoria Chang within the context of Asian American poetry, poetics, and criticism. It demonstrates how Choi and Chang’s work engage in a destabilization of binaries in order to rewrite and re-construct Asian American identity. A close reading of Choi’s “Chatroulette” from her collection, Soft Science, and Chang’s “Home” from her collection, Obit, reveals disruptions of five binary divisions, broadly identified as “high” poetic form and “low” poetic form, Eastern and Western, English and non-English, embodiment and disembodiment, and past and present. This paper argues that the deconstructions of these five binaries represent a search for belonging in the context of Asian American identity, as it is an identity that itself transverses the boundaries of “Asian” and “American.” This is supported by scholars of Asian American literature such as Michael Leong, Brigitte Wallinger-Schorn, and Zhou Xiaojing, who investigate how Asian American poets navigate alterity and cultural hybridity through innovation. It concludes by examining questions of home and belonging, theorizing that, for Asian American poets, reinventing language in a way that transgresses binaries and dichotomies allows for the construction of a new “home” that accepts the indeterminacies of identity, life, and death rather than resisting them.
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Hikmaharyanti, Putu Desi Anggerina, Ni Nyoman Deni Ariyaningsih, I. Gusti Agung Sri Rwa Jayantini, and Ni Made Verayanti Utami. "PENGUATAN KETERAMPILAN BERBAHASA INGGRIS TNI AU SATRAD 212 RANAI KABUPATEN NATUNA." Adi Widya : Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat 8, no. 1 (March 31, 2024): 483–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.33061/awpm.v8i1.10368.
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This community service program aims to facilitate the improvement of English skills for military personnel of Radar Unit 212, Indonesian Air Force, in Natuna Regency. This area is in close proximity to the South China Sea, which is still subject to territorial disputes among several Southeast Asian countries. As an international language, English plays a crucial role as a communication bridge for Air Force personnel. By implementing Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), a teaching method focusing on actual interaction such as conversation and discussion, the Air Force personnel can benefit from this English skills improvement program.
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Bolton, Kingsley. "English in Asia, Asian Englishes, and the issue of proficiency." English Today 24, no. 2 (June 2008): 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s026607840800014x.
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ABSTRACTThe contemporary visibility and importance of English throughout the Asian region coupled with the emergence and development of distinct varieties of Asian Englishes have played an important part in the global story of English in recent years. Across Asia, the numbers of people having at least a functional command of the language have grown exponentially over the last four decades, and current changes in the sociolinguistic realities of the region are often so rapid that it is difficult for academic commentators to keep pace. One basic issue in the telling of this story is the question of what it is we mean by the term ‘Asia’, itself a word of contested etymology, whose geographical reference has ranged in application from the Middle East to Central Asia, and from the Indian sub-continent to Japan and Korea. In this article, my discussion will focus on the countries of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, as it is in these regions that we find not only the greatest concentration of ‘outer-circle’ English-using societies but also a number of the most populous English-learning and English-knowing nations in the world.
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Köhler, Realm, Sudathip Sae-tan, Christine Lambert, and Hans Konrad Biesalski. "Plant-based food taboos in pregnancy and the postpartum period in Southeast Asia – a systematic review of literature." Nutrition & Food Science 48, no. 6 (November 12, 2018): 949–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/nfs-02-2018-0059.
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PurposeFood taboos during pregnancy and the postpartum period have been linked to increased risk of maternal and neonatal death. This paper aims to present plant-based food restrictions on Southeast Asian women during pregnancy and after giving birth and the rationale behind such cultural practices.Design/methodology/approachGoogle® Scholar, PubMed and Scopus search using the term food taboo, its synonyms and truncations, in combination with the terms pregnancy, postpartum and breastfeeding, and with the name of the Southeast Asian countries, was conducted from January to February 2017. Articles were included in the review if their full texts were accessible online, in English, published from 2005 to 2016 and if they contained primary data from either quantitative or qualitative method.FindingsA total of 281 articles were downloaded, and 28 were included in this review. The food taboos and the reasons for avoidance were collated and grouped per their occurrence and according to the country or countries where they are practiced. In total, 14 papers generated data on food taboos during pregnancy, 16 papers on postpartum food taboos and/or 6 on breastfeeding.Research limitations/implicationsThis review pools together relevant information about plant-based food taboos Southeast Asian women adhere to during pregnancy and after giving birth. However, data are absent for some of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, and there is a need for more research to get up-to-date information on the local women’s adherence to these cultural practices.Practical implicationThe knowledge of these practices can support stakeholders who are contributing to the reduction of maternal and under-five mortality ratios in Southeast Asia.Originality/valueThis is the first review paper on food taboos covering all ASEAN members and highlighting the need for cultural sensitivity to properly address maternal and child health problems in the region.
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Arifin, Noorul Aysha, Juliana Shamsudin, Marina Abdul Manaf, Syahmina Rasudin, and Siti Suhaila Mohd Yusoff. "Nutritional Assessment among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patient in Southeast Asian Countries: A Scoping Review." Jurnal Gizi dan Pangan 19, no. 1 (March 30, 2024): 11–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.25182/jgp.2024.19.1.11-20.
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This scoping review aims to determine the available nutritional assessments for people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in Southeast Asian countries. The methodology used for this research was based on the PRISMA-ScR standards. An extensive electronic search was carried out for papers published between 2012 and 2022 that pertained to studies conducted in Southeast Asian countries and were written in English. The eligibility criteria for this review were T2DM patients aged 20 years and older. The search was carried out using PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases. Hence, out of 5,445, fourteen articles met the eligibility requirements of the analysis. According to the findings, twelve studies used anthropometry measurements and biochemical tests, followed by eight studies using clinical assessments and four studies using dietary assessments. The research utilized various nutritional assessment methods such as weight, height, Body Mass Index (BMI), waist and hip circumference, body fat percentage, Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG), Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c), lipid profiles, Blood Pressure (BP), 3-day and 24-hour dietary recall. This review examined how the available nutritional assessments for T2DM are frequently carried out in Southeast Asian countries. The review discovered that weight, height, BMI, waist and hip circumference, FBG, HbA1c, BP, and 3-day dietary recall are the most commonly reported nutritional assessment methods.
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Ambrosio De Nelson, Sonia. "Southeast Asian Press Coverage of Terrorism and the Bali Bombing." Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies 20 (April 10, 2004): 47–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.22439/cjas.v20i0.32.
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The war against terrorism is being carried out not only in Afghanistan where it was first declared but also in the media around the world. Southeast Asia became a focus of international attention after the U.S. administration identified the region as the second front in the fight against terrorism following the attacks in the United States on 11 September 2001. The perception that the region is a cradle for terrorism was reinforced by the Bali bombing in October 2002. The event was the first major terrorist attack after 11 September, and the worst act of violence against foreigners in Indonesia, a country that has been under continuous international pressure to be decisive in the fight against terrorism. Although the media can function as the source of people's information, it can provide interpretations of the social construction of ideas and images. Like the media in all parts of the world, the media in Southeast Asia function within some form of governmental, societal, and economic constraints. Journalists are encouraged to support their governments' efforts to develop the nation and instil a sense of national identity. In such a setting journalists, consciously or not, end up not only reflecting but also spreading the dominant view of the society's elite. This transnational comparative study involving three mainstream English-language newspapers from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore examines the reportage of the Bali bombing.
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Glaser, Marina, Nikolay Novik, and Nikita Bondarenko. "DISCOURSES OF FORGETTING IN POLITICS OF MEMORY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: INDONESIA AND JAPAN." Вестник Пермского университета. Политология 14, no. 4 (2020): 107–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.17072/2218-1067-2020-4-107-114.
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The article examines the tactics of forgetting as a strategic instrument of the politics of memory of East Asian countries. These types of forgetting are explicated in cases of Indonesia and Japan. In the case of Indonesia, the phenomenon of forgetting is manifested in the historical memory of the violence against the political rivals of the ruling regime and ethnic minorities in the 1960s and 1980s. In the case of Japan, the phenomenon of forgetting was studied in the politics of memory of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Japan — South Korea bilateral relations. To reveal the specifics of the approach of East Asian countries to the implementation of their politics of memory, the typology of forgetting proposed by the English sociologist Paul Connerton was used. The authors demonstrated specific features of the East Asian approach to the politics of memory. This research revealed similarities and differences between Japanese and Indonesian approaches to forgetting. Analysis of these cases helped to identify difficulties of East Asian countries to find mutual understanding in issues of interpretation of their historical past. The possibility of reaching mutual agreements in the medium-term agenda is not visible.
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Pfister, Lauren. "James Legge's metrical Book of Poetry." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 60, no. 1 (February 1997): 64–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0041977x00029578.
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Few non-Asian sinological scholars would not recognize the name of James Legge (A.D. 1815–97), partly because his voluminous translations of the Confucian canon still continue to be reprinted and used by Western sinological circles 120 years after their first publication. In China itself, Legge has recently received new attention with the republication of bilingual editions of The Four Books and The Book of Changes. Japanese readers have had rather more access to Legge's English translations of The Four Books, beginning with the early Meiji period and continuing into the twentieth century. Unfortunately, none of these Chinese or Japanese editions has included the extensive commentarial notes drawn from Chinese Confucian and early Western sinological sources which earned Legge his reputation as a world-class Chinese scholar in the nineteenth century.
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Sudo, Sueo, and Shiro Saito. "Japanese Contributions to Southeast Asian Studies: A Bibliography of English-Language Publications 1945-1991." Pacific Affairs 69, no. 1 (1996): 132. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2760906.
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Bucholtz, Mary. "Styles and stereotypes." Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) 14, no. 2-3 (June 1, 2004): 127–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/prag.14.2-3.02buc.
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The article examines how two Laotian American teenage girls in a multiracial California high school take divergent pathways through two contrasting stereotypes of Southeast Asian Americans: The model–minority nerd and the dangerous gangster. The two girls, both first-generation immigrants, each draw on contrasting linguistic and youth-cultural practices to align themselves to some degree with one of these stereotypes while distancing themselves from the other. The absence of an ethnically marked variety of Asian American English does not prevent the construction of Asian American identities; instead, speakers make use of locally available linguistic resources in their everyday speech practices, including African American Vernacular English and youth slang, to produce linguistic and cultural styles that position them partly inside and partly outside of the school’s binary black/white racial ideology. The article argues that linguistic resources need not be distinctive either between or within ethnic groups in order to produce social identities.
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Zhang, Huiyu, Ying Dai, and Huimei Liu. "English Proficiency and Happiness: The Mediation of Income Satisfaction and Leisure Satisfaction and the Moderation of the National Economy." SAGE Open 11, no. 4 (October 2021): 215824402110544. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440211054482.
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This study, using databases from the AsiaBarometer Surveys 2006 and 2007, empirically investigates whether and how English proficiency and happiness are linked in 14 East and Southeast Asian countries or regions. Based on the large-scale dataset of 14,811 respondents, we conducted hierarchical regression analyses and found that: (i) English proficiency is positively associated with happiness; (ii) the focal relationship is partly mediated by income and leisure satisfaction; and (iii) the focal relationship is negatively moderated by the national economy. These findings show the instrumentality of English learning in a globalized world and enrich our understanding about the influence factors of happiness, and contribute to the literature on English proficiency and happiness as well.
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Guslyakova, Alla V., Nina I. Guslyakova, Nailya G. Valeeva, Amangeldy R. Beisembayev, and Yevgeniya A. Zhuravleva. "Linguistic and extralinguistic implementation of environmental activism in the English language media discourse of Russia, China and Southeast Asia." RUDN Journal of Ecology and Life Safety 29, no. 2 (December 15, 2021): 192–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-2310-2021-29-2-192-203.
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The research focuses on the analysis of the English language media discourse dedicated to the problem of environmental activism in the present-day emerging countries of Russia, China and other Southeast Asian states. The main purpose of the study is to understand the linguistic and non-linguistic implementation of the phenomenon of environmental activism in developing countries through the English language media perspective. Taking into account the role of the English language as a lingua franca in the world today, the research hypothesizes that the English language media discourse has turned into an influential tool of the promotion of green sustainable ideas, including environmental activism in the states with the emerging economies. The findings of the study received through the quantitative and qualitative data processing in the software program QDA Minor, proved that the English language media discourse can affect the evolution of peoples eco-consciousness in the emerging countries like Russia, China and other states of Southeast Asia. Despite having different ideological values and national and international strategic purposes, the countries with the developing economies are getting used to the ideas of environmental activism and begin to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle.
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Wang, Kaipeng, My Ngoc To, Carson De Fries, and Bei Wu. "FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG OLDER SOUTHEAST ASIAN AMERICANS." Innovation in Aging 7, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2023): 148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.0484.
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Abstract Depressive symptoms are prevalent among older adults, particularly those from Southeast Asian American (SEAA) communities. Although SEAAs represent one of the fastest growing minority groups in the U.S, research has given little attention to understanding depression among older SEAAs. This study therefore aimed to examine the factors associated with depressive symptoms among older Southeast Asian Americans. We recruited a total of 251 adults aged 55 and above who identified as Vietnamese American, Filipino American, or Indonesian American via community organizations. Participants completed online or in-person questionnaires. Depressive symptoms were measured with the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale, with higher scores indicating more depressive symptoms. We used ordinary least squares (OLS) regression to examine the association between depressive symptoms and various health, psychological, social, demographic, and environmental factors. In general, Vietnamese Americans (mean=1.74, SD=0.65) had significantly more depressive symptoms than Indonesian (mean=1.56, SD=0.60) and Filipino (mean=1.47, SD=0.47) Americans. OLS regression results showed that resilience and age were negatively associated with depressive symptoms, while greater family conflict was significantly associated with more depressive symptoms. Participants who could not speak English fluently had significantly more depressive symptoms than those who could not. Those residing in urban or suburban areas had significantly more depressive symptoms than those living in rural areas. Results contribute to better understanding of the factors that contribute to depression among older SEAAs and inform the strategies for preventing and treating depression in this population.
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Kohno, Ayako, Maznah Dahlui, David Koh, Inge Dhamanti, Hanif Rahman, and Takeo Nakayama. "Factors influencing healthcare-seeking behaviour among Muslims from Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia and Malaysia) living in Japan: an exploratory qualitative study." BMJ Open 12, no. 10 (October 2022): e058718. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058718.
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ObjectivesTo identify factors influencing healthcare-seeking behaviours and to explore issues with healthcare experiences of Muslims from Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia and Malaysia) living in Japan.DesignQualitative study.SettingKansai area of Japan (Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo and Nara prefectures).ParticipantsForty-five Muslims in Japan from Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia and Malaysia).MethodsSemistructured interviews were conducted by trained interviewers who are Muslims living in Japan. Interviews were conducted in Indonesian and Malaysian languages and transcribed and translated into English. The data were thematically analysed.ResultsFour themes were identified: (1) trying to comply with the recommendations of Islam, (2) confusion about healthcare system, (3) improvising an informal support system and (4) language barrier problems.ConclusionMuslims in Japan have some issues when obtaining healthcare services mainly because of communication issues besides the conflicts to meet their religious obligations. Education and awareness building for the Muslim patients in Japan as well as Japanese healthcare providers are needed to allow smooth communication between Japanese healthcare providers and Muslim patients in Japan.
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Al-Hamdi, Ridho, Halimah Abdul Manaf, Non Naprathansuk, and Alim Bubu Swarga. "How Do Local Governments cope with COVID-19? Comparative Experiences in Three Southeast Asian Cities." Journal of Governance and Public Policy 9, no. 1 (February 5, 2022): 24–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.18196/jgpp.v9i1.13242.
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This paper is aimed to investigate strategies of Southeast Asian local governments in addressing the COVID-19 situation by applying the framework of good governance principles and, in turn, to figure out the determinant factor of the successful strategy in each country. It is qualitative research by applying multiple cases of three cities in Southeast Asian countries, i.e., Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. For data gathering, it takes relevant sources of News channels, whether in English or local languages of those countries. The finding demonstrates that Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand can adopt all principles of good governance in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Nevertheless, each country has its determinant factor of the successful strategy in handling a such situation. Indonesia is more excellent in the implementation of transparency, Malaysia has a well performance in the operation of participation, while Thailand is more successful in the application of accountability. These depict that each state has a typical strategy in coping with this global pandemic situation.
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Seixas, Paulo Castro, Nuno Canas Mendes, and Nadine Lobner. "The “Readiness” of Timor-Leste: Narratives about the Admission Procedure to ASEAN." Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 38, no. 2 (August 2019): 149–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1868103419867511.
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This article is based on an empirical research with an inductive approach about the admission of Timor-Leste (TL) to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). We examined a corpus of international newspapers ( n = 48) which forms a debate over this case on the Internet. The articles are reproduced in English and are currently the most representative form of debating the membership delay which takes place since 2011. Throughout the observation of our gathered data, we discovered one main narrative that is reproduced by several authors: The Readiness of TL to join the Southeast Asian grouping. Hence, built through three rationalities (preparedness, ambivalence, and conflict), the Narrative of Readiness reveals a common sense among the agents. Built on two constructs, scattered agents and International Online Media, we propose an eventual International Imagined Community in the making. This article raises the possibility that TL plays a test role in the identity of ASEAN, even though the delay of the TL admission to ASEAN still raises further questions.
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Szeto, Pui Yiu, Stephen Matthews, and Virginia Yip. "Bilingual children as “laboratories” for studying contact outcomes: Development of perfective aspect." Linguistics 57, no. 3 (May 27, 2019): 693–723. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ling-2019-0012.
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Abstract This paper examines the close parallels between the contact phenomena in Cantonese-English bilingual children and Southeast Asian creoles, especially in the domain of perfective aspect marking. ‘Already’ is a cross-linguistically common lexical source of perfective aspect markers given its conceptual link with the sense of perfectivity. In contact scenarios involving a European lexifier and Southeast Asian substrates, the development of ‘already’ into a perfective marker is further triggered by the incompatibility between the verbal morphology of the former and the isolating typology of the latter. Adopting an ecological approach to language transmission and creole genesis we discuss how the transient grammaticalization phenomena in the bilingual children can be compared to decreolization, and how the study of bilingual acquisition can contribute to contact linguistics. Despite the prevalence of unpredictable factors in contact scenarios, we argue that bilingual children can still serve as powerful “laboratories” for studying contact outcomes at the communal level.
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Hsy, Jonathan. "Disability, Space, and Racial Injustice: Life Writing at Angel Island Immigration Station, 1910–1940." Journal of American Ethnic History 43, no. 3 (April 1, 2024): 34–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/19364695.43.3.02.
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Abstract This study integrates race and disability into a literary-historical analysis of the mostly anonymous poetry composed by Chinese migrants and inscribed onto the walls of the men's barracks of the US Immigration Station at Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, 1910–1940. Scholarship in Asian American and Asian diaspora studies has approached this body of work as a modern reinvention of traditional Chinese poetic forms within a US context. This study considers the men's barracks a protest space created under disabling conditions of confinement, and it demonstrates how Angel Island detainees critiqued the racialized and ableist systems of social control that operated at the station. The poets attest to undergoing invasive imperial regimes of bodily inspection and medicalized racial exclusion, and they document lived experiences of chronic illness, depression, and the anguished temporality of detention space. As corpus of disabled life writing by early Asian American and Asian diaspora writers, Angel Island poetry offers wider access to non-English historical vocabularies of disability as well as environmental and holistic understandings of embodied conditions beyond Western diagnostic models. As a built environmental archive and a National Historic Landmark, Angel Island is a significant cultural site for exploring how race and disability operate concurrently as social constructions.