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[교육] Linguistic Diversity, School Language of Instruction Policy, and Learning Outcomes across Asia and the Pacific

동남아시아 일반 국외연구자료 연구보고서 - Asian Development Bank 발간일 : 2023-05-31 등록일 : 2023-06-02 원문링크

Children appear to learn better when taught in their mother tongue. This finding gives rise to an argument that mother tongue-based multilingual education could effectively improve learning outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. However, the challenges of implementing an effective multilingual education could prove prohibitive in countries with a high language diversity. Before embarking on the process of introducing multilingual education, policy makers should consider whether a correlation between language diversity and learning outcomes exists, and also, whether a particular language of instruction policy, monolingual or multilingual, correlates with learning outcomes. We construct a data set on the language of instruction policy across Asia and the Pacific and combine it with international assessment results. We find no evidence that countries with a richer linguistic diversity, controlling for income level, have significantly different learning levels. We also find evidence that learning outcomes are higher in countries with a monolingual education policy after controlling for income level and language diversity. Our findings imply that policy makers must seriously consider the potential challenges and benefits of a multilingual education policy before implementing it.

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