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About Us

Since 2018, LEAD Asia Pacific, a service unit of SIL International, in collaboration with Foundation for Applied Linguistics, has been developing the translanguaging education (TLE) program for multilingual classrooms with minoritized students in the 2/3rds world. Sangsok and Minjung have tried translanguaging pedagogy in various schools in towns and rural mountains in Chiangmai, Thailand in 2019 after library research in 2018. The 5-year TLE pilot research project, in further collaboration with Office of the Basic Education Commission in Chiangmai Province of Thailand with the funding from Child's Dream Foundation, began in May 2020 in three government schools in Chiangmai with 12 teachers for grade 4 to 6 in the four subjects of Thai, English, Math, and Science. To learn more about TLE, please contact us.

Meet The Team
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 Manna Mondal

Director of LEAD Asia Pacific 

Manna has been overseeing and supportive for all the process of TLE research and development.

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Diane Dekker Ph.D.

Diane has been providing us valuable inputs for TLE research and development from her rich experiences around the world.

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Sangsok Son Ph.D.

TLE Research & Development Coordinator

Literacy & Education Consultant

LEAD Asia Pacific /

SIL International

Sangsok has been developing TL pedagogy in collaboration with the team and 12 teachers involved in the project. He led various TLE workshops for teachers, principals, and education supervisors.

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Minjung Kim M.A.

TLE Research & Development  Assistant

Literacy & Education Specialist

LEAD Asia Pacific/

SIL International

Minjung has been assisting Sangsok in developing TL pedagogies in various aspects. She designed  various activities for TLE workshops. 

Advisor for TLE Research & Development

Literacy & Education Coordinator for SIL International &

LEAD Asia Pacific

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Wanna Tienmee

Advisor for TLE Project in Thailand

Executive Director of Foundation for Applied Linguistics

Ajan Wanna has been providing us valuable inputs for TLE research and development from her rich experiences from Thailand and neighboring countries.

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Natthida Tannumsaeng

Natthida has been assisting a TLE research project on teachers' attitude and performance.

She has also co-facilitated 5 different TLE workshops.

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Duangjit

Saenkhamphae

Duangjit has been TLE project coordinator for one year and also co-facilitated 5 different TLE workshops.

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M. Patavee Pitchanan

Patavee has attended TLE trainers' workshop and co-facilitated the very first TLE workshop for teachers.

Partners

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SIL International

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LEAD Asia Pacific

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Office of the Basic Education Commission, Chiangmai Province

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