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<TITLE>Announcement: Royal Institute Symposium on Bilingual and Multilingual Education--Discount for Graduate Students</TITLE>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Students with a valid ID may attend the symposium for half price (500 baht), in return for arranging their own lunch at one of the numerous campus cafeterias adjacent to the symposium site. Please register in advance by email ( </SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Lucida Grande, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.0px'>jing_s2000@yahoo.com</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'> )--payment can be made at the door on the day of the symposium.<BR>
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<B>"Bilingual and Multilingual Education in the National Language Policy”<BR>
</B>Sponsored by the Royal Institute of Thailand, the Embassy of Australia, and SIL International<BR>
Tuesday 30 January, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM<BR>
Suan Sunanda Rajabhat University Auditorium, Bangkok
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</B>Keynote Speaker: <B>Dr. Joseph Lo Bianco, </B>internationally known expert on applied linguistics (Bilingual Education, Teaching of English as a Second Language, etc.) and author of the Australian National Language Policy.<BR>
Other Speakers:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>-Dr. Suwilai Premsarit, Mahidol University: <B>“The Language Situation in Thailand”<BR>
</B>-Dr. Pam MacKenzie, International Network for Development <B>“Basic Principles of Multilingual Education, with Case Studies from India”<BR>
</B>-James Shipton and Alan </SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.0px'>Mackenzie, </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>British Council, Bangkok: <B>“The ‘Future Perfect’ Proposal for Advancing English Usage in Thailand”<BR>
</B>-June van den Bos, KIS International School, Bangkok: <B>“Developing and Implementing a School Language Policy” <BR>
</B>-Dr. Kirk Person, SIL International: <B>“Linguistic Diversity and National Unity”<BR>
</B>-Dr. Kimmo Kimmo, SIL International: <B>“Language-in-Education Policies and Practices in Southeast Asia and China”<BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>A panel discussion will give participants the opportunity to interact directly with the speakers. <BR>
1000 baht registration fee (if reserved by January 25; 1200 baht after January 25) includes lunch, 2 coffee breaks, and conference handouts.<BR>
Contact: Khun </SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT FACE="Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">Cholthicha Sudmuk <FONT COLOR="#0000FD"><U>jing_s2000@yahoo.com</U></FONT> (02) 221-1140.<BR>
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