From a critical deconstruction paradigm to a critical construction paradigm / Angel Lin & Peter Martin -- Nation building in a globalised world / E. Annamalai -- Critical, trans-disciplinary perspectives on language-in-education policy and practice in postcolonial contexts / Angel Lin -- Remaking Singapore for the new age / Rani Rubdi -- 'Safe' language practices in two rural schools in Malaysia / Peter Martin -- The four language stages in the history of Iran / Abdolmehdi Riazi -- Higher education language policy and the challenge of linguistic imperialism / Timothy Reagan & Sandra Schreffler -- Language classroom practices in Kenya / Grace Bunyi -- Language and the struggle to learn / Margie Probyn -- Language-in-education policies and practices in Africa with a special focus on Tanzania and South Africa / Birgit Brick-Utne -- Accommodating tensions in language-in-education policies / Suresh Canagarajah.