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1-3 July 2008
Bangkok Thailand
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Plenary Speakers of the Conference

Keynote address

    1. Dr Sheldon Shaeffer

      Director of UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education

    Dr. Sheldon Shaeffer

Language development and language revitalization of non-dominant languages

    1. Dr Ana Taufeulungaki

      Ministry of Education, Tonga


    Dr. Ana Taufeulungaki

Language and language-in-education policy and policy implementation

    1. Dr Edilberto de Jesus

      The Former Director of Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Secretariat, Philippines
    Dr. Edilberto de Jesus

    1. Dr Andrew Ikupu

      Department of Education, Papua New Guinea


    Dr. Andrew Ikupu

    1. Mr Dhir Jhingran

      Asia Regional Director - Room to Read, India


    Mr. Dhir Jhingran

    1. Dr Bernard Spolsky

      Professor emeritus, Bar-Ilan University, Israel


    Dr. Bernard Spolsky

    1. Dr Tariq Rahman

      Distinguished National Professor, Quaid-I-Azam University, Pakistan


    Dr. Tariq Rahman

 

Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual education (MT-Based MLE)

    1. Carolyn J. (Carol) Benson, Ph.D.

      Centre for Teaching and Learning Stockholm University, Sweden

    Dr.Carol Benson

Community efforts to preserve intangible cultural heritage

    1. Mr Ik Pahon Joyik

      Bidayuh Language Community, Sarawak Malaysia


    Mr. Ik Pahon Joyik

    1. Attorney Liezeil Zabanal

      Agutaynen Language Community, Philippines

    Attorney Leizeil Zabanal

    1. Dr Richard Littlebear

      Northern Cheyenne Language Community, USA
    Dr. Richard Littlebear

    1. Mr Muhammad Shafiq Khalil

      Punjabi Language Community, Pakistan
    Mr. Muhammad Shafiq Khalil
 

Research and evaluation relating to MT-Based MLE programs

    1. Dr Dennis Malone

      International Consultant in Multilingual Education, SIL International

    Dr. Dennis Malone

 
 
 
 
 

Organizers

SIL International
SIL International

Mahidol University
ILCRD-Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development,
Mahidol University

UNESCO
UNESCO - Bangkok

SEAMEO
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization

UNICEF
UNICEF

Care International
CARE International

Save Children UK
Save the Children UK

 
 
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