Linguistic Competition and Multilingual Education (MLE) in East Timor
Dr. Steve Walter, Dallas International and SIL
Thursday, Feb. 12, 12:20-1:15, “Brown Bag Lunch” Mahler 7
In the new country of East Timor, a quiet but vigorous debate is taking shape over language policy in education. Some favor Portuguese, a remnant of 500 years of colonization. Others favor Dili Tetun, a creole language of growing influence. The more daring even talk of English, another language whose influence in the country is spreading.
