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Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, is named using the Thai words ‘thamma’ and ’sat’. Like many words in the Thai language, they derive from their Pali and Sanskrit ancestors. ‘Thamma’, like the Pali ‘dhamma’ and Sanskrit ‘dharma’, roughly translates as ‘truth’, ‘doctrine of truth’, or ‘way of truth’. In Sanskrit, ‘Sat’ [...]

My EFL students are repeat victims of institutional violence. When given the opportunity to take control of their learning, they get nervous, confused, and irritable; and like sailors on a sinking ship, they look desperately for rescue. From the very beginning of their formal education, they have rarely been encouraged to [...]