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First Language First: Community-based Literacy Programmes for Minority Language Contexts in Asia

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First Language First: Community-based Literacy Programmes for Minority Language Contexts in Asia
UNESCO
First Language First: Community-based Literacy Programmes for Minority Language Contexts in Asia
UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific
Regional Workshop on Mother Tongue/Bilingual Literacy Programmes for Ethnic Minorities
2005
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A significant proportion of the population in South-East Asia speaks a local language as their mother tongue. There are hundred of such languages in the region spoken by various ethnolinguistic minorities. However, not all speakers of these languages have sufficient knowledge of the languages used in education. Therefore, they are underprivileged in terms of educational access, retention and achievement. In some cases, speakers of local languages are marginalized and threatened by being completely excluded from education due to prevailing language policies.

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Bangkok: UNESCO Bangkok, 2005, 220p.

ISBN 92-9223-052-2

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