English Language-Mediated Settings and Educational Inequalities - Language Education Policy Agendas in the South Pacific

In this book, Goundar explores how educational inequalities are responsible for the way students perform in English language mediated school settings. He seeks to establish an explicit connection between language testing and educational inequalities at the higher education level.

List of contents

1 Situating Language Complexities in Pluralistic Fiji 2 Educational Inequalities in Former South Pacific Colonies 3 Historical Overview of Language Testing Frameworks 4 Research Methods and Procedures 5 The CEFR at Play in Fiji 6 Unpacking Educational Inequalities from a Multilingual Context 6 Crafting the Way Forward

About the author

Prashneel Ravisan Goundar is a graduate research academic based at the University of New England. His research interests span applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and education linguistics. His publications include Pursuing Divinity in Paradise (2020), Writing and Publishing in Fiji (2018), and In Simple Words (2017).

Summary

In this book, Goundar explores how educational inequalities are responsible for the way students perform in English language mediated school settings. He seeks to establish an explicit connection between language testing and educational inequalities at the higher education level.

Product details

• Authors: Prashneel Ravisan Goundar, Prashneel Ravisan (Fiji National Universi Goundar
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032765778
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3276577-8
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Routledge Research in Language Education
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; English, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, Educational strategies & policy, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Oceania, Educational strategies and policy, ELT: English for specific purposes, Language learning for specific purposes, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts, Oceania / Pacific Islands