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Mother tongue lessons need boost


Mother tongue lessons need boost
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22 Feb 2021 at 04:30
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May, Fah and Muey look like ordinary Thai girls, perhaps a bit shorter and shyer than many of their classmates at Chiang Mai Rajabhat University. But thanks to a new teacher recruitment programme, they are superheroes in the making. And today is their day.
Commemorated annually on Feb 21, the United Nations International Mother Language Day celebrates the world s 7,117 languages. This year s theme, Fostering multilingualism for inclusion in education and in society , highlights how acceptance of cultural diversity can help build healthier and more resilient communities.
Thailand is a case in point. Far from being a monolingual nation, the country s 70 million citizens speak more than 70 mother tongues. Many of these languages are found in remote border villages such as the Karen, Hmong and Lahu communities where May, Fah and Muey grew up. May s mother ton ....

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Presentation At Webinar Hosted By NSF: Technology & Sri Lanka's Future


Presentation At Webinar Hosted By NSF: Technology & Sri Lanka’s Future
From Digital Natives to Global Citizens
To apprise ourselves of the present state of global technology and where we are heading, I have borrowed some thoughts from a tech-Guru, ex-President of Thailand based Asian Institute of Technology, Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai. In an address delivered before the Royal Society of Thailand – that country’s counterpart of National Science Foundation in Sri Lanka – Worsak emphasised the need for converting Thais from digital natives to global citizens. That was the problem faced by Thailand with its high internet penetration. In 2020, it stood at 75% of population. But with an internet penetration of less than 30% of population, Sri Lanka’s challenge is a little different. Sri Lanka has to convert its digitally illiterates to digital natives first before thinking of making its population global citizens.  ....

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