Suwilai Premsrirat was Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and the Founding Director of the Resource Center for Documentation, Revitalization and Maintenance of Endangered Languages and Cultures, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia (RILCA) at Mahidol University, Thailand. Her work was dedicated to the study of minority languages, language revitalization and language education.David Hirsh is Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, Australia. His areas of focus include language revitalization, bilingual education and academic acculturation. Related publications include Endangered Languages, Knowledge Systems and Belief Systems (Peter Lang, 2013) and Language Revitalization: Insights from Thailand (co-edited with Suwilai Premsrirat, Peter Lang, 2018).

• ContributorsSuwilai Premsrirat and David Hirsh: IntroductionPart 1: Implementing Multilingual Education Chapter 1. Susan Malone: Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education: Rationale, Purpose and Process in Asia and the PacificChapter 2. Joseph Lo Bianco: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? Multilingual Education in Asia PacificChapter 3. Muhammad Zaman Sagar and Susan Malone: Establishing Multilingual Education Programs in Non-Dominant Language CommunitiesChapter 4. Dennis Malone and Erona Paschal Matti: Implementing Multilingual Education: The Parkari Community Development ProgramPart 2: Pedagogy in Multilingual Education Chapter 5. Sheldon F. Shaeffer: Mother Tongue and Early Childhood Care and Education: Synergies and ChallengesChapter 6. Suwilai Premsrirat and Dennis Malone: Multilingual Education in Primary Grades: The Case of the Patani Malay-Thai Multilingual Education Project (Thailand)Chapter 7. Ashley South, Emily Stenning and Tim Schroeder: Multilingual Education: Politics and Pedagogy: A Case Study on Myanmar’s Ethnic Education SystemsChapter 8. Kirk R. Person and Mirinda Burarungrot: Multilingual Education and Teacher Training in ThailandPart 3: Multilingualism, Literacy Development and Identity Chapter 9. Susan Malone: Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education That Supports Multilingualism and Multiliteracy: Examples from Asia and the PacificChapter 10. Stephen L. Walter and Mirinda Burarungrot: Assessment of Multilingual Education ProgramsChapter 11. Stephen L. Walter: The Impact of Partial Proficiency in the Language of Instruction on Learning Outcomes in Basic EducationChapter 12. Panadda Pananil and Panadda Rerkplian: Obstacles to Identity Development and the Need for Multilingual Education: A Case Study of Shan Students in Chiang Mai, ThailandPart 4: Developments in Multilingual Education Chapter 13. Jessica Ball and Mariam Smith: Developments in Multilingual Education in Cambodia 2000 to 2020Chapter 14. Kirk R. Person: What’s Next? Future Challenges for the Asia-Pacific Multilingual Education Movement

Suwilai Premsrirat and David Hirsh bring two decades of considerable carefully documented expertise detailing the challenges, progress, and implications of multilingual education in the Asia-Pacific, home to approximately 45% of the world’s languages. A quarter way through the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, this volume is an important contribution for policy, planning, implementation, and teacher preparation everywhere.