Students study ahead of an English exam at the University of Yangon on March 19, 2015. (AFP)

The great divider: Learning English in Myanmar

Mastery of English has defined social status to varying degrees since the colonial era, but the economic fallout from the coup has strengthened its power to both uplift and exclude.

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