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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 481 305 FL 027 837 AUTHOR Lo Bianco, Joseph, Ed. TITLE Voices from Phnom Penh. Development & Language: Global Influences & Local Effects. ISBN ISBN-1-876768-50-9 PUB DATE 2002-00-00 NOTE 362p. AVAILABLE FROM Language Australia Ltd., GPO Box 372F, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia ($40). Web site: http://languageaustralia.com.au/. PUB TYPE Books (010) Collected Works Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC15 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *College School Cooperation; Community Development; Distance Education; Elementary Secondary Education; *English (Second Language); Ethnicity; Foreign Countries; Gender Issues; Higher Education; Indigenous Populations; Intercultural Communication; Language Usage; Language of Instruction; Literacy Education; Native Speakers; *Partnerships in Education; Preservice Teacher Education; Socioeconomic Status; Student Evaluation; Sustainable Development IDENTIFIERS Cambodia; China; East Timor; Language Policy; Laos; Malaysia; Open q^,-ity; Philippines; Self Monitoring; Sri Lanka; Sustainability; Vernacular Education; Vietnam ABSTRACT This collection of papers is based on the 5th International Conference on Language and Development: Defining the Role of Language in Development, held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 2001. The 25 papers include the following: (1) "Destitution, Wealth, and Cultural Contest: Language and Development Connections" (Joseph Lo Bianco); (2) "English and East Timor" (Roslyn Appleby); (3) "Partnership in Initial Teacher Education" (Bao Kham and Phan Thi Bich Ngoc); (4) "Indigenous Languages for Development: The Philippine Experience" (Nestor Castro); (5) "Building Institutional Capacity" (Suos Man and Sok Luong Chan); (6) "International Languages in Education in Developing Countries: Implications for Cambodia" (Thomas Clayton);(7) "Evaluating Development Programs: Time to Watch Our Language" (Hywel Coleman); (8) "Making the Cap Fit: Culture in Higher Education Reform" (Jacqueline Dyer); (9) "Language Policy, Literacy Development, and Book Sector Development" (Martin Ferns);(10) "Gender, Language and Power in Community-Based Programs" (Lilliana Hajncl and Barbara Fitzgerald);(11) "Language in Development: The Open Society Institute" (Robert Hausmann);(12) "Language, Textbooks and Perspectives on Social Harmony in Sri Lanka" (David Hayes);(13) "Multilingual Literacy Development: Success in a Difficult Environment" (Margaret Hill);(14) "In the Field: Inter-Cultural Communication through Radio and Other Media" (Kaz Janoski and Monica Janoski); (15) "Language, Development and Political Correctness" (Psyche Kenett);(16) "Vernacular Literacy in Community Development: The Chong of Thailand" (Kimmo Kosonen); (17) "Applying the Findings of Cognitive Psychologists in a Resource Poor Teaching Environment" (Gaylene Levesque);(18) "Globalisation Power and Hegemony in Language Development" (Shane P. Martin and Edmundo F. Litton);(19) "The Return on Investment from the Donor's Perspective" (Bonaventure Mbida- Essama);(20) "Sustainability Revisited: Insights from a Multiliteracies Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the ori inal document. Project in Malaysia" (Moses Samuel);(21) "Second Languages in Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity in Laos" (Souvanixay Mythong, Nouannavong Onekeo, Keovongsa Khounmi, and Gary Ovington); (22) "A Distance Education Program in an Area of Ethnic Insurgency" (Richard Sproat);(23) "A Sustainable Testing System for Distance Education in Vietnam" (Quoc Hung Tran); (24) "Self- Monitoring Capabilities: Teacher Education and TEFL in Vietnam" (Ha Van Sinh); and (25) "Foreign Languages and Development: German in China" (Ulrich Wannagat). (Papers contain references.) (SM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the ori inal document. ifL ce) PERMISSION TO REPRODUCEAND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIALHAS BEEN GRANTED BY _5e/ok- TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) ' I1 a (Y) (.<z5 U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement 11) A EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) o This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it O Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality e Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent BEST COPYzWPOLABLE official OERI position or policy Voices From Phnom Penh Development & Language: Global Influences & Local Effects Reflections from a conference in Phnom Penh on the complex interaction between economically conceived progress and indicators of communication-language Editor Joseph Lo Bianco Mu Education I/A/L/F au""1" Australia EDUCATION POR DEVELOPMENT published by Language Australia Ltd LA\ LANGUAGE AUSTRALIA 3 Voices from Phnom Penh. Development & language: global influences & local effects. Joseph Lo Bianco (Editor) National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publications Data Voices from Phnom Penh : development & language : global influences & local effects. Bibliography. ISBN 1 876768 50 9. 1. Language and languages Social aspects Asia, Southeastern Congresses. 2. Language planning Asia, Southeastern Congresses. 3. Education Asia, Southeastern Congresses. 4. Asia, Southeastern Languages Congresses. I. Lo Bianco, Joseph. 306.44/959 Cover design: Gabrielle Markus Typesetting and layout: Peter Sannwald Editing: Nicole Hayes @ Copyright 2002 Language Australia Ltd. No parts may be reproduced by any process without the written permission of the publisher in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act. Published by Language Australia Ltd. The National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia For further information contact: Language Australia Ltd. GPO Box 372F Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia The views expressed in this publication are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of Language Australia Ltd. 4 Contents Preface: 1 Paul Mahony & Geoffrey Crewes 1.Destitution, wealth, and cultural contest: 3 language & development connections Joseph Lo Bianco 2.English and East Timor 23 Roslyn Appleby 3.Partnership in initial teacher education 37 Bao Kham & Phan Thi Bich Ngoc 4.Indigenous languages for development: 67 the Philippine experience Nestor Castro 5.Building institutional capacity 75 Suos Man & Sok Luong Chan 6.International languages in education in developing 87 countries: implications for Cambodia Thomas Clayton 7.Evaluating development programs: time to watch 103 our language Hywel Coleman 8.Making the cap fit: culture in higher education 117 reform Jacqueline Dyer 9.Language policy, literacy development, and book 127 sector development Martin Ferns 10. Gender, language and power in community-based 143 programs Lilliana Hajncl & Barbara Fitzgerald 11. Language in development: 153 the Open Society Institute Robert Hausmann VOICES FROM PHNOM PENH 12. Language, textbooks and perspectives on social 181 harmony in Sri Lanka David Hayes 13. Multilingual literacy development: 205 success in a difficult environment Margaret Hill 14. In the Field: inter-cultural communication 221 through radio and other media Kaz knoski & Monica 3anoski 15. Language, development and political correctness 235 Psyche Kennett 16. Vernacular literacy in community development: 243 the Chong of Thailand Kimmo Kosonen 17. Applying the findings of cognitive psychologists 261 in a resource poor teaching environment Gaylene Levesque 18. Globalisation power and hegemony in language 269 development Shane P Martin & Edmundo F. Litton 19. The return on investment from the donor's 277 perspective Bonaventure Mbida-Essama 20. Sustainability revisited: insights from a 287 multiliteracies project in Malaysia Moses Samuel 21. Second languages in ethnic and linguistic diversity 295 in Laos Souvanixay Mythong, Nouannavong Onekeo, Keovongsa Khounmi & Gary Ovington 22. A distance education program in an area of ethnic 303 insurgency Richard Sproat 23. A sustahiable testing system for distance education313 in Vietnam Ouoc Hung Tran 24. Self-monitoring capabilities: teacher education and 325 TEFL in Vietnam Ha Van Sinh 6 VOICES FROM PHNOM PENH 25. Foreign languages and development: German in 337 China Ulrich Wannagat Author biographies 362 Acronyms and abbreviations 366 VOICES FROM PHNOM PENH Preface This publication manifests the increasing recognition being given to the fieldof lan- guage and development. While the papers in this collection arethe direct outcome of one conference in Phnom Penh, they clearly represent acontribution to a domain that is beginning to interest us all. At the time of publication, many world communities are directly confronting the issue of how we bridge the economic divide and communicate across humanity. Those involved in the Language and Development conference series have been working to bridge this economic and cultural divide for the past decade. The conference has provided a mechanism for those engaged in development and those with an under- standing of communication issues to gather and to define their place in an emerging, globalised context. This bi-annual conference series has become established precisely because the various language and development communities have recognised that lan- guage and development are linked. The Phnom Penhconference attracted language and literacy professionals, project managers, advisors and staff, donors, development stud- ies faculty and students, as well as a range of other development workers who connect to the relevance of communication in their development work.