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*I would like to thank Ummul Ahmad form Linguistic Department and John Swales, a Director of English Language Institute, University of Michigan for their fruitful discussions on the role of English Language from their professional points of view and their critical comment on earlier versions of this essay. I, in particular, thanks Ummul Ahmad for sharing her similar experience from Malaysia with me. Although we are in different fields, we both have struggled through limited information resources for our teachings and research in our countries. I am very much appreciate the valuable comments and suggestions from Henry Wright who shares the same concern and experience in the Near East and Madagascar with me. In addition, I am grateful to my colleagues Lynn Fisher, Chui-Mei Ho, Laura Junker, Kate Keith, Carla Sinopoli, Tristine Smart, Norm Yoffee, Henry Wright and Lis Bacus for their intellectual discussion on related topics, as well as their experiences in different parts of the world, and their comments along the way.

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