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Cincotta-Segi, Angela Rose – Language and Education, 2011
Although the Lao People's Democratic Republic has speakers of up to 230 different languages belonging to four ethnolinguistic families, the Lao Government's policy as stated in its Education Law is that Lao is the official language of education at all levels. This creates a challenging situation for teachers in ethnic minority villages throughout…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Official Languages, Multilingualism, Sino Tibetan Languages
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Kosonen, Kimmo – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2005
Three Southeast Asian polities, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand share much of their geography, history, culture, religion and language. Not all speakers of more than 100 languages spoken in the area have a sufficient knowledge of the respective national languages, Khmer, Lao and Thai. Yet, for the most part, the national languages are the only…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Official Languages, Foreign Countries, Language Minorities