Border crossings : moving between languages & cultural frameworks / editors, Lee Su Kim, Thang Siew Ming, Lee King Siong. - Subang Jaya, Selangor : Pelanduk Publications, c2007 . - 224 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Silent border crossings, the unspoken ESL dilemma / Lee Su Kim -- English-Malay border crossings, a study of code-switching in Brunei Darussalam / Nesamalar Chitravelu, Rosnah Ramly -- The cultural politics of English and Singlish in Singapore / Terence Chong -- Developing intercultural sensitivity, border crossings experiences for Japanese learners of English / Hiromi Hadley -- Changing places, a study of Chinese students in UK and their teachers / Alan Maley, Qing Gu -- Integrating patterns of a coolie past, literature and the figuring of contemporary Malaysian Indian identity / Shanthini Pillai -- The generational border, airaigo and the lexical barrier between the young and old in Japan / Thomas Richard Schalow -- Necessary exile, when sojourns and journeys become one / Ooi Kee Beng.

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Intercultural communication--Asia.
Language and languages--Social aspects--Asia.
Language and culture--Asia.

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