Nation-states manage and simplify diversity through a range of practices, including
schooling and the mass media. Some argue that the forces that engender diversity have …

Preservice English teachers' perceptions about English as an international language (EIL)
have not been adequately examined in different cross-cultural contexts. To fill that void, a …

Language choice in the newly independent Republic of East Timor can be usefully
examined in the wider context of language policy in multilingual states. The present article …

Polyglots are extraordinary people in terms of language ability. Therefore, it is interesting to
academically explore their motivations for learning several languages. This research is …

This article demonstrates how “diversity” is enregistered in performances of contemporary
poetry in bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) through voicing contrasts indexing membership in …

Few studies have explored colloquial Indonesian in the media outside of Jakarta. This article
examines language policies at two youth radio stations in Malang, East Java, as well as the …

Language choice has become a common phenomenon in interracial encounters in which
speakers are always faced with the challenge of choosing an appropriate language in …

This ethnographic study of language use and English language learners in Central Java,
Indonesia examines globalization processes within and beyond language; processes of …

Around the world, especially in Asia, languages are dying out from assimilation policies as
well as from oppression of minorities. 1 Even languages which hitherto had not been under …

In this study, participants acquired three types of language, those are regional, national and
foreign ones. The purpose of this research was to explore how Indonesian polyglots acquire …