Voices from Phnom Penh. Development & Language: Global Influences & Local Effects

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 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 Ch