English has been an important language of education in Brunei since the inception of
public education there but, as is often the case when a language becomes a second
language within a country, it is taking on some unique local characteristics,
despite official condemnation of such developments. Can the desired balance of roles
between English and Malay be maintained without either language unduly influencing
the other? And what of the roles of the local versus international varieties of
English? These and other questions about English in Brunei will be explored in this article.
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