ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book considers how national language education policies and the status of English as an international language play into language education at secondary and post-secondary levels. It documents how internationalization in Cambodia, particularly its membership in an economic alliance, has caused a demand for English language proficiency, as shown in national policy documents and university-level job and scholarship notices. The book then discusses the implementation of English-medium instruction in higher education by investigating teaching and learning strategies. It also focuses on the assessment practices of two primary-level English teachers in urban schools in Vietnam, acknowledging a recent national policy mandating English instruction in Grades 3 to 5. The book addresses the question of how students can learn about culture while learning a new language. It describes an ethnographic case study of adolescent students and their teachers.
