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Language Planning in Higher Education Issues of Access and Equity

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  • Sabiha Mansoor

    (Associate Professor and Head, Centre of English Language, Agha Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.)

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Pakistan as a multilingual country faces numerous problems in language planning in higher education. Aseducational standards in higher education decline, there are concerns about student difficulties in English and lack of required materials in Urdu, The research reported here is a nation wide survey of 2136 students, 121 Subject and English teachers of public and private sector colleges and universities from all the capital cities of Pakistan, as well as 63 parents who responded to the questionnaire. The survey examines the learner's background, attitudes to languages and motivational orientation, availabilityand quality of materials in different mediums, learner difficulties in English, provision of English support programmes, and language outcomes. Results point to the significant differences between private sector and public sector students in terms of socio-economic status, and other variables. The study recommends that public sector students be provided more state support by adopting an 'English for all policy', and strengthening the English programmes through a revision of courses, development of materials, and training of teachers so as to meet the students' learning and target needs.

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  • Sabiha Mansoor, 2003. "Language Planning in Higher Education Issues of Access and Equity," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 8(2), pages 17-42, Jul-Dec.
    • Handle: RePEc:lje:journl:v:8:y:2003:i:2:p:17-42
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    1. Kiran Shehzadi & Hariharan a/I N. Krishnasamy, 2018. "Dynamics of ESL Writing Performance: A Theoretical Framework," Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, International Research Alliance for Sustainable Development (iRASD), vol. 6(1), pages :144-159, March.

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