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Article: The language of change in Cambodia: As Cambodians embrace globalization, English is overtaking French as the language of choice.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- August 28, 2001
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Byline: Ilene R. Prusher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA -- Visakha Houl adores her job. She spends her days among Voltaire, Moliere, and copies of Le Monde, the French daily.
The only problem with working at the French Cultural Center library is that Ms. Houl has a bit too much time to herself: Few young people here seem interested in learning what was once la langue de rigueur for Cambodians.
That includes her son. Houl helps him scrape together tuition of $450 a year - about 40 times the monthly salary of teachers and government workers - so he can study management in English at a private college ...