Chinese and Saudi English Language Education Policies: A World System Perspective

• Authors: Syed Md. Golam Faruk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper contends that the English Language Education Policies (ELEP) of a state depend largely on its movement in Wallerstein’s world system. To test the hypothesis, ELEPs of China and Saudi Arabia are compared and found to be similar due to the states’ parallel journey in the world system.

Keywords

EN

China; English Language Education Policies; Saudi Arabia; World System

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Romanian Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 264-271

Dates

published

2014-03-01

online

2014-05-01

Contributors

author

Syed Md. Golam Faruk

• Faculty of Languages and Translation, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/rjes-2014-0030