Part I The Changing Dynamics Between English Language and Mother Tongues in Asian Contexts -- 1. Introduction: A Relational View of Language Learning -- 2. English as a Medium of Instruction in East and Southeast Asian Universities -- 3. Plurilithic and Ecological Perspectives on English: Some Conceptual and Practical Implications -- 4. Global English in Singapore? A Re-exploration of the Localization of English -- 5. Asia and Anglosphere: Public Symbolism and Language Policy in Australia -- 6. English as Lingua Franca on Campus: Cultural Integration or Segregation? -- 7. Socioeconomic Disparities and Early English Education: A Case in Changzhou, China -- 8. English in Malaysia: An Inheritance from the Past and the Challenge for the Future -- Part II Asian Languages in Australia: The Challenges of Teaching, Learning and Assessment -- 9. Recognising the Diversity of Learner Achievements in Learning Asian Languages in School Education Settings -- 10. Dealing with ‘Chinese fever’: The Challenge of Chinese Teaching in the Australian Classroom -- 11. The Teaching and Learning of Indonesian in Australia: Issues and Prospects -- 12. On Rocky Ground: Monolingual Educational Structures and Japanese Language Education in Australia -- 13. Making Chinese Learnable for Beginning Second Language Learners? -- Part III Tensions in the Linguistic Space -- 14. Tensions in the Linguistic Space -- Index.