Publications

Publication details [#48949]

Bruthiaux, Paul. 2008. Language Education, Economic Development and Participation in the Greater Mekong Subregion. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 11 (2) : 134–148.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

developing nation | economics | education | language of instruction | language status

Language as a subject

Chinese | English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper discusses how the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) deals with aspects of regional development such as trade, water management and education. It focuses in particular on the discussion whether Chinese or English ought to be the lingua franca of the region.