This volume offers comprehensive 'state-of-the-art' overviews of educational policies concerning the teaching of English in a large number of Asian countries. Each contribution is written by a leading expert and gives a clear assessment of current policies and future trends. Starting with a description of the English education policies in the respective countries, the contributors then delve into the 'nuts and bolts' of the English education policies and how they play out in practice in the education system, in schools, in the curriculum, and in teaching. Topics covered include the balance between the acquisition of English and the national language, political, cultural, economic and technical factors that strengthen or weaken the learning of English.

Introduction by Robert Kirkpatrick & Thuy Thi Ngoc Bui.- English-in-education Policy and Planning in Bangladesh: A Critical Examination by M. Obaidul Hamid & Elizabeth J. Erling.- English Language Education Policies in the People's Republic of China by Jeffrey Gil.- English Language Education Policy and the Native-speaking English Teacher (NET) Scheme in Hong Kong by Mihyon Jeon.- English Education Policy in India by Hema Ramanathan.- Language Policy in Practice: Reframing the English Language Curriculum in the Indonesian Secondary Education Sector by Handoyo Puji Widodo.- English Language Education Policy in Japan by Gregory Paul Glasgow & Daniel Leigh Paller.- The Impact of English on Educational Policies and Practices in Malaysia by Ria Hanewald.- 
Local-Global Tension in the Ideological Construction of English Language Education Policy in Nepal
 by Prem Phyak.- English Language Teaching in Pakistan: Language Policies, Delusions and Solutions by Syed Abdul Manan, Maya Khemlani David & Francisco Perlas Dumanig.- English Language Education in the Philippines: Policies, Problems, and Prospects by Marilu Rañosa Madrunio, Isabel Pefianco Martin & Sterling Miranda Plata.- Singapore's English-knowing Bilingual Policy: A Critical Evaluation by Patrick Ng Chin Leong.- English Education Policies in South Korea: Planned and Enacted by Jeehyae Chung & Taehee Choi.- English Language Policy and Planning in Sri Lanka: A Recent Overview by Dilini Walisundara & Shyamani Hetti

arachchi.- Timor-Leste by John Macalister.- English Education Policy in Thailand: Why the Poor Results? By Amrita Kaur, David Young & Robert Kirkpatrick.- Standardizing English for Educational and Socio-economic Betterment - A Critical Analysis of English Language Policy Reforms in Vietnam by Thuy Thi Ngoc Bui & Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen.