Literature
Background information about the Lao education system, facts about the country, foreign institutions involved in the education system, information for travellers, publications on the Lao language and the country’s history.
On partnership
Boase, Bob (ed) (1997): Working with your Lao partner. (Canadian International Development Agency) http://www.seasite.niu.edu/lao/undp/ (accessed May 1, 2017)
On the Lao education system Â
BÀcktorp, Ann-Louise (2007): When the First-World-North Goes Local: Education and gender in post-revolution Laos. Doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Social Sciences: UmeÄ University. In: http://umu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:140966/FULLTEXT01.pdf  (accessed June 13, 2016)
Benvenista, Luis & Marshall, Jeffrey & Santibanez, Lucrecia (2007): Teaching in Lao PDR. Vientiane: Human Development Sector, East Asia and the Pacific Region, the World Bank and Ministry of Education, Lao People’s Democratic Republic. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLAOPRD/Resources/Teaching_In_LaoPDR_Eng.pdf. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Chomsky, Noam (2005): At War With Asia. Oakland: AK Press.
Dorner, Daniel G./Gorman, G.E. (2011): âContextual factors affecting learning in Laos and the implications for information literacy reductionâ. Information Research, 15 (1) paper 479. In: http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ935871.pdf (accessed June 13, 2016)
Faming, Manynooch (2007): Schooling in the Lao Peopleâs Democratic Republic. P. 170-206. In: Postiglione, Gerard A. & Tan, Jason (2007): Going to School in East Asia. Londong: Greenwood Press.
Faming, Manynooch (2008): National integration: education for ethnic minorities of the Lao Peopleâs Democratic Republic. PH. D Thesis. Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong. http://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/159169 (accessed June 13, 2016)
Halpern, Joel & Tinsman, Marilyn C. (1966): âEducation and Nation Building in Laosâ. Comparative Education Review. Â 10 (3): 499-507. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=anthro_faculty_pubs (accessed June 13, 2016)
Hays, Jeffrey (2008): âEducation in Laosâ. http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Laos/sub5_3d/entry-2981.html (accessed June 13, 2016)
Hirosata, Yasushi & Kitamura, Yuto (2009): The Political Economy of Educational Reforms and Capacity Development in Southeast Asia â Cases of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Political and Educational Reforms – google books (accessed June 13, 2016)
International Bureau of Education (2011): âWorld Data on Education. Lao Peopleâs Democratic Republicâ. http://www.ibe.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/WDE/2010/pdf-versions/Lao_PDR.pdf. (accessed June 13, 2016)
McDaniel, Justin Thomas (2008): Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words: Histories of Buddhist Monastic Education in Laos and Thailand. Washington: University of Washington Press.
Noonan, Richard (2011): Education in the Lao Peopleâs Democratic Republic: confluence of history and vision. In: Brock, Colin/Pe Symaco, Lorraine (ed.). Education in South-East Asia, 69-94. Oxford: Symposium Books.
Noonan, Richard (2014): US Aid to Education in Laos, 1955-1975: A Contribution To Historical Comparative Education, Embedded In Time And Space. In: Journal of International and Comparative Education. Vol. 3 Issue 1. P. 153-169Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â http://crice.um.edu.my/downloads/4Noonan14.pdf (accessed June 13, 2016)
Save the Children (2015): âEducationâ. https://laos.savethechildren.net/what-we-do/education. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Souriyavingsa, Thongma & Rany, Sam & Lai Mei, Leong (2013): Factors Causes Students Low English Language Learning: A Case Study in the National University of Laos. International Journal of English Language Education  1 (1): 179-192. http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/ijele/article/view/3100/2631 (accessed June 13, 2016)
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization SEAMEO (2015): âLao PDR â National Education Systemâ. http://www.seameo.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&Itemid=527. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Unicef (2013): âAt a glance: Lao People’s Democratic Republicâ. http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/laopdr_statistics.html. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Walthouse, Emily (2014): âEvolution of Education in Laosâ. http://www.borgenmagazine.com/evolution-education-laos/. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Weinberg, Meyer (2009): Asian-American Education. Historical Background and Current Realities. Oxon: Routledge.
Xayapheth, Chaphichith (2015): Changes in institutional governance and management of higher education in Laos: National University of Laos. PH. D Thesis. Minho: Biblioteca da Universidade do Minho.
On vocational training
Deutsche Gesellschaft fĂŒr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GiZ) GmbH (2015): âVocational education in Laos (VELA)â. https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/26261.html. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Khammounty, Bounseng (2011): Standards fĂŒr die beruflichen LehrkrĂ€fte in Laos P.D.R. GestaltungsansĂ€tze fĂŒr die Anpassung der beruflichen Lehreraus- und Weiterbildung. Dissertation. http://www.qucosa.de/recherche/frontdoor/?tx_slubopus4frontend%5bid%5d=urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-77387. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Only available in German
Ministry of Education and Sports (2007): âStrategic Plan for the development of technical and vocational education and training from 2006 to 2020â. http://planipolis.iiep.unesco.org/upload/Lao%20PDR/Lao_PDR_TVET_Strategic_plan_2006-2020.pdf. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Offene Entwicklungshilfe (2015): âProjekte im Schwerpunkt SekundĂ€rbildungâ. http://www.offene-entwicklungshilfe.de/sector/745/113/. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Times Reporters (2015): âGermany supports vocational education in Laosâ. http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/FreeConten_Germany.htm. (accessed June 13, 2016)
English language education in Asia
ASEAN (2012): ASEAN 5-Year Work Plan on Education (2011-2015). Jakarta: ASEAN Secretariat.
Benson, Carol & Kosonen, Kimmo (2011): A Critical Comparision of Language-In-Education Policy and Practice in four Southeast Asian Countries and Ethiopia. In: Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove & Heugh Kathleen (ed.). Multilingual Education and Sustainable Diversity Work: From Periphery to Center. 111-Â New York: Routledge.
Bigalke, Terance W. & Sharbawi Salbrina (ed.) (2015): English for ASEAN Integration: Policies and Practices in the Region. Brunei Darussalam: Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Chang, Bok-Myung (2011): The roles of English language education in Asian context. Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 15 (1): 191-206.
Chea, Kagnarith & Klein, Alan & Middlecamp, John (2012): Adapting Textbooks to Reflect Student Needs in Cambodia and the ASEAN Region. Language Education in Asia, 3 (2): 218-229.
Choi, Yeon Hee & Lee, Hyo Woong (2008): Current Trends and Issues in English Language Education in Asia. The Journal of Asia TEFL, 5 (2): 1-34.
Chowdhury, R., Marlina, R. (2014). Enacting English Across Borders: Critical Studies in the Asia Pacific. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Dorner, Daniel G. & Gorman, G.E. (2006): Information Literacy Education in Asian Developing Countries: cultural factors affecting curriculum development and programme delivery. Official Journal of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. 32 (4): 281-293. http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/publications/ifla-journal/ifla-journal-4-2006.pdf. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Kam, H. (2002). âEnglish Language Teaching in East Asia Today: An Overviewâ. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 22 (2), 1-22
Kirkpatrick, A. (2010). English as a Lingua Franca in ASEAN: A Multilingual Model. Hong Kong: University Press.
Kirkpatrick, A. (2012). âEnglish as an Asian Lingua Franca: the âLingua Franca Approachâ and implications for language education policyâ. Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, 1 (1), 121-139.
Kirkpatrick, A. (2012). âEnglish in ASEAN: Implications for Regional Multilingualismâ. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 33 (4), 331-344.
Kirkpatrick, A., Sussex, R. (2012). English as an International Language in Asia: Implications for Language Education. New York: Springer.
Muller, T. et al. (2012). Innovating EFL Teaching in Asia. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Nguyen, H., Nguyen, T. (2007). âTeaching English in Primary Schools in Vietnamâ. Current Issues in Language Planning, 14 (1), 52-72
Nguyen, T. (2012). âEnglish Language Policies for Vietnamese Primary Schools and Issues of Implementation in Rural Settingsâ. The Journal of Asia TEFL. Special Issue, 115-134.
Park, E., Spolsky, B. (Eds.) (2017). English Education at the Tertiary Level in Asia: From Policy to Practice. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge.
Park, G. (2017). Narratives of East Asian Women Teachers of English: Where Privilege Meets Marginalization. Bristol: Multilingual Matters Ltd.
Phan, T. (2009). âImpacts of Vietnamâs Social Context on Learnerâs Attitudes Towards Foreign Languages and English Language Learning: Implications for Teaching and Learningâ. The Asian EFL Journal, 11 (4), 134-153.
Spolsky, B., Sung, K. (Eds.) (2014). Conditions for English Language Teaching and Learning in Asia. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Stroupe, Richmond & Kimura, Kelly (ed.) (2015): ASEAN Integration and the Role of English Language Teaching. Phnom Penh: IELTS.
Widodo, H. et al. (Eds.) (2017). Asian English Language Classrooms: Where Theory and Practice Meet. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge.
Widodo, H. et al. (Eds.) (2017). Situating Moral and Cultural Values in ELT Materials: The Southeast Asian Context. New York: Springer.
General information on Lao politics, trade and other issues:
CIA World Factbook (2015): âEast & Southeast Asia: Laosâ. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Fund for Peace (2015): âCountry Data & Trends. Laos in 2015â. http://fsi.fundforpeace.org/2015-laos. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Vientiane Times (2015): âLao Constitutionâ. http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/Constitution.htm. (accessed June 13, 2016)
World Bank (2015): âLao PDRâ. http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/lao. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Foreign institutions and organizations involved in education in Laos:
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (2015): âBasic Education Quality and Access in Laos PDR programâ. http://www.bequal-laos.org/. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Embassy of the United States Vientiane, Laos (2015): âEnglish Language Programsâ. http://laos.usembassy.gov/englishlanguageprograms.html. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Global citizenship/ crossing cultural boundaries / acting cross-/transculturally
Block, D. (2007). Second Language Identities. London: Continuum
Boye, S. (2016). Intercultural communicative competence and short stays abroad: Perceptions of development. MĂŒnster: Waxmann.
Coverdale-Jones, T. (2012). Transnational Higher Education in the Asian Context. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Ellwood, C. (2011). âUndoing the knots: Identity transformations in a study abroad programme.â Educational Philosophy and Theory 43 (9), 960-978.
Hall, S. (Ed.) (1997). Representation: Cultural representations and signifying practices. London: Sage.
Haseltine, P., Ma, S. (Eds.) (2016). Doing English in Asia: Global Literature and Culture. Lexington Books.
Jackson, J. (2016). âEncountering unfamiliar educational practices abroadâ.
In: D. Velliaris & D. Coleman-George (Eds.), Handbook of research on study abroad programs and outbound mobility (pp. 137-162). Hershey PA: Information Science Reference.
Kinginger, C. (2013). âIdentity and language learning in study abroadâ. Foreign Language Annals, 46 (3), 339-358.
Ong, A. (1999). Flexible Citizenship: The Cultural Logics of Transnationality. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Ricento, T. (2005). âConsiderations of identity in L2 learningâ.
In: E. Hinkel (Ed.), Handbook of research in second language teaching and learning (pp. 895-910). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaurm.
Ryan, S. (2006). âLanguage learning motivation within the context of globalization: An L2 self within an imagined global communityâ. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 3 (1), 23-45.
Smolcic, E., & Katunich, J. (2017). âTeachers crossing broders: a review of the research into cultural immersion field experience for teachersâ. Teaching and Teacher Education, 62, 47-59.
Tangen, D., Henderson, D., Alford, J., Hepple, E., Alwi, A., Shaari, Z., & Alwi, A. (2017). âShaping global teacher identity in a short-term mobility programmeâ. Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 45 (1), 23-38.
Information on Laos for travelers:
Bush, Austin & Ellito, Mark & Ray, Nick (2011): Laos. Victoria: Lonely Planet Publications PTY Ltd.
Cooper, Robert (2008): The Lao, Laos⊠Vientiane: Lao-Insight Books.
Publications on the Lao language:
Center for Lao Studies (2016): âSabaydii and Welcome!â. https://www.laostudies.org/ (accessed June 13, 2016)
Enfield, N J (2006): Laos â language situation. In: Brown, Keith (ed.). Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 698-700. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Lonely planet phrasebooks & Cummings, Joe (2008): Lao with comprehensive dictionary. Victoria: Lonely Planet Publications PTY Ltd.
Werner, Klaus (1998): Learning Lao for everybody. Bielefeld: Reise Know-How Rump GmbH.
History of Laos:Â
Lambert, Tim (2015): âA short history of Laosâ. http://www.localhistories.org/laos.html. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Legacies of War (2015): âSecret War in Laosâ. http://legaciesofwar.org/about-laos/secret-war-laos/. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Scholl-Latour, Peter (2013): Der Tod im Reisfeld. DreiĂig Jahre Krieg in Indochina (Neuauflage). Berlin: Ullstein Verlag. Only available in German.
Stuart-Fox, Martin (2008Âł): Historical Dictionary of Laos (3rd edition). Lanham: Scarecrow Press Inc.
Also available on Google books: Historical Dictionary of Laos – google books. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Ethnic diversity:
IFAD (2012): âCountry Technical Note on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues. Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republicâ. Â http://www.ifad.org/english/indigenous/pub/documents/tnotes/laos.pdf. (accessed June 13, 2016)
King, Elizabeth M. & Walle, Dominique van de (2007): Ethno-linguistic Diversity and Disadvantage. In:Â http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTINDPEOPLE/Resources/407801-1271860301656/Chapter_7_Laos.pdf. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Postcolonialism
Chen, K.H. (2010). Asia as method: Towards deimperialisation. Durham: Duke University Press.
Motha, S. (2014). Race, empire and English language teaching: Creating responsible and ethical anti-racist practice. New York: Teachers College Press.
Post-war conflicts:
George, Wiliam Lloyd (2010): âThe secret army still fighting Vietnam warâ. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-secret-army-still-fighting-vietnam-war-1901755.html#gallery. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Lee, Gary Yia (2007): âDiaspora and the Predicament of Origins: Interrogating Hmong Postcolonial History and Identityâ. http://members.ozemail.com.au/~yeulee/History/Diaspora%20and%20the%20Predicament%20of%20Origins.html. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Rand, Nelson (2004): âAbandoned army. Insurgency in Laosâ. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/ABANDONED-ARMY-Insurgency-in-Laos-Laos-2749301.php. (accessed June 13, 2016)
Lao picture books and reading scheme:
Big Brother Mouse (2006 ff.): âAbout usâ. http://www.bigbrothermouse.com/about.html . (accessed June 13, 2016)
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Asian English Journals
- Asia Pacific Journal of Education
- Education about Asia
- The Earcos Triannual Journal
- Asian Education and Development Studies
- Music Education in Asia
- Global Education Magazine
- The Asian EFL Journal
- UCLA-Language Materials Project
- Teacher India
- Teacher Review
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