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- Provides a very detailed, empirical case study of the spread of English. Many books on English language spread induce conclusions from scant empirical data
- The focus of the book on language choice and policy will appeal to scholars in comparative education, where language and language policy studies represent a growing area of research interest
- In general terms, studies of Cambodia are of interest to Cambodian and Asian studies scholars and due to its research foci: language and education policy
- Most books published on Cambodia tend to focus on political history
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Language Policy (LAPO, volume 5)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of English and Linguistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington
Thomas Clayton
About the author
Thomas Clayton is Associate Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Kentucky, U.S.A., where he teaches classes in applied linguistics and directs the Master of Arts in English with a Concentration in Teaching English as a Second Language Program. Professor Clayton has published more than two dozen articles on language and educational policy issues, often in the Cambodian context, in books and journals. In 1991, Clayton established the first U.S. university educational program in postwar Cambodia, the English Language Teaching Center for the State University of New York at Buffalo at the Cambodia Development Resource Institute. In 2000, he taught at the Faculty of Law and Economics in Phnom Penh as the first-ever Fulbright scholar to Cambodia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Language Choice in a Nation Under Transition
Book Subtitle: English Language Spread in Cambodia
Authors: Thomas Clayton
Series Title: Language Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-31194-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-31193-7Published: 26 January 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4059-9Published: 11 February 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-31194-4Published: 03 June 2006
Series ISSN: 1571-5361
Series E-ISSN: 2452-1027
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 310
Topics: Language Education, Education, general, Sociology of Education