Carol Benson has been involved in supporting MLE in northeastern Cambodia for over a decade. Since 2014 she has conducted ongoing research with TC students in collaboration with CARE International and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. TC and CARE have signed an MOU and plan to continue collaborating with Cambodian scholars on MLE teacher professional development. TC student interns have also supported a Bunong Indigenous community organization in Mondulkiri Province.

The most recent work involves support for a new MLE curriculum aligned with national curriculum guidelines, along with collaboration on preservice teacher training.

Publications:

Benson, C. & Wong, K. (2019). Effectiveness of policy development and implementation of L1-based multilingual education in Cambodia. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 22:2, 250-265.

Wong, K. & Benson, C. (2019). Language as gatekeeper for equitable education: Multilingual education in Cambodia. In J. Gube & F. Gao (Eds.), Education, Ethnicity and Equality in the Multilingual Asian Context (pp. 69-86). Singapore: Springer.

Wong, K. & Benson, C. (2019). Policy and practice in L1-based multilingual education: Challenges and steps forward. Introductory chapter in special issue. In K. Wong & C. Benson (Eds.) Special Issue: Policy and Practice in the Use of Non-Dominant Languages in Comparative Education. FIRE Forum for International Research in Education 5(3). https://fire-ojs-ttu.tdl.org/fire/index.php/FIRE/issue/view/34

Contributors/collaborators:

Carol Benson, Erina Iwasaki (2023), Jasmine Williames (2023), Yifei Sun (2020), Woo-Jung Amber Kim (2019), Sarah French (2018, 2017), Jessica Garber (2017), Kelsey Woodrick (2016), Rose Flynn (2016), Kevin Wong (2015)