English And Empowerment In The Developing World

Author : Nasreen Hussain,Mohammad Zafar
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781443816298

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English and Empowerment in the Developing World by Nasreen Hussain,Mohammad Zafar Pdf

This book is a collection of thought-provoking papers that investigate empowerment within the context of language, education, and technology. In the seventeen papers published in the book, local and international ELT practitioners and researchers have analysed their experiences within a range of socio-linguistic situations. Adding significant insights and depth to a previously under-researched area, the publication will be of interest not only to ELT teachers and students, but also to social science researchers in developing and marginalised countries. The book based on selected papers presented at the 2007 Aga Khan University, Centre of English Language seminar in Karachi exemplifies the issues of language and empowerment. The papers deal with complex educational and socio-cultural issues and force readers to undertake a cultural journey to see them from a different perspective. The collection of papers, whatever one’s teaching-learning context, will become an essential resource book for all English language teachers, scholars, and researchers interested in learning more about the success stories and problems facing language education in the developing countries, especially Asia today.

Author : Raqib Chowdhury,Mahbub Sarkar,Foez Mojumder,M Moninoor Roshid
Publisher : Springer
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811307089

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Engaging in Educational Research by Raqib Chowdhury,Mahbub Sarkar,Foez Mojumder,M Moninoor Roshid Pdf

This book reflects the paradigm shift now manifesting in Bangladesh’s education system by highlighting recent empirical research. It shares essential insights by presenting research conducted on diverse aspects of current day education in Bangladesh, including policy and governance, equity, access and participation, curriculum and pedagogy, assessment, and education programs and projects run by NGOs. Further, it offers a platform for these unique studies to be showcased and disseminated to scholars and researchers from developing and developed countries alike, and represents a unique reference resource for the education research community in Bangladesh, Asia and all over the world. With Foreword from Professor Serajul Islam Choudhury.

Author : Naziha Ali Raza,Christine Coombe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811678264

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English Language Teaching in Pakistan by Naziha Ali Raza,Christine Coombe Pdf

This book presents empirical research on teaching, learning and assessment, and teacher development practices in Pakistan. Despite extensive academic research conducted in Pakistan over the last decade, there is a dearth of internationally published literature on English language teaching in the country. This book covers current research priorities and initiatives concerning English language teaching, learning and assessment, empirical developments, and major professional development initiatives, both in Pakistan and involving the work of Pakistani scholars based in abroad. It highlights the impacts that development efforts are having in the ELT world in Pakistan. The respective chapters cover a diverse range of topics, including: continuous professional development (CPD), identity construction, English language policy, curriculum development, and innovative ELT approaches and methodologies used in Pakistan. This volume provides valuable insights for TESOL and applied linguistics scholars and practitioners working in the field of ELT, both in Pakistan and elsewhere in the globalized world.

Author : Vineeta Yadav,Bumba Mukherjee
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780472119080

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Democracy, Electoral Systems, and Judicial Empowerment in Developing Countries by Vineeta Yadav,Bumba Mukherjee Pdf

An independent judiciary is considered an indication of a developing nation’s level of democracy

Author : Kate Grantham,Gillian Dowie,Arjan de Haan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000340341

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Women's Economic Empowerment by Kate Grantham,Gillian Dowie,Arjan de Haan Pdf

This book investigates the barriers to women’s economic empowerment in the Global South. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of countries, the book outlines important lessons and practical solutions for promoting gender equality. Despite global progress in closing gender gaps in education and health, women’s economic empowerment has lagged behind, with little evidence that economic growth promotes gender equality. International Development Research Centre’s (IDRC) Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) programme was set up to provide policy lessons, insights, and concrete solutions that could lead to advances in gender equality, particularly on the role of institutions and macroeconomic growth, barriers to labour market access for women, and the impact of women’s care responsibilities. This book showcases rigorous and multi-disciplinary research emerging from this ground-breaking programme, covering topics such as the school-to-work transition, child marriage, unpaid domestic work and childcare, labour market segregation, and the power of social and cultural norms that prevent women from fully participating in better paid sectors of the economy. With a range of rich case studies from Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book is perfect for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working on women’s economic empowerment and gender equality in the Global South.

Author : Shaila Sultana,M. Moninoor Roshid,Md. Zulfeqar Haider,Mian Md. Naushaad Kabir,Mahmud Hasan Khan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000208849

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The Routledge Handbook of English Language Education in Bangladesh by Shaila Sultana,M. Moninoor Roshid,Md. Zulfeqar Haider,Mian Md. Naushaad Kabir,Mahmud Hasan Khan Pdf

This Handbook is a comprehensive overview of English language education in Bangladesh. Presenting descriptive, theoretical, and empirical chapters as well as case studies, this Handbook, on the one hand, provides a comprehensive view of the English language teaching and learning scenario in Bangladesh, and on the other hand comes up with suggestions for possible decolonisation and de-eliticisation of English in Bangladesh. The Handbook explores a wide range of diverse endogenous and exogenous topics, all related to English language teaching and learning in Bangladesh, and acquaints readers with different perspectives, operating from the macro to the micro levels. The theoretical frameworks used are drawn from applied linguistics, education, sociology, political science, critical geography, cultural studies, psychology, and economics. The chapters examine how much generalisability the theories have for the context of Bangladesh and how the empirical data can be interpreted through different theoretical lenses. There are six sections in the Handbook covering different dynamics of English language education practices in Bangladesh, from history, policy and practice to assessment, pedagogy and identity. It is an invaluable reference source for students, researchers, and policy makers interested in English language, ELT, TESOL, and applied linguistics.

Author : Elia Shabani Mligo,Mikael Mwashilindi
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781532618758

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English as a Language of Teaching and Learning for Community Secondary Schools in Tanzania by Elia Shabani Mligo,Mikael Mwashilindi Pdf

This book examines the challenges posed by English, a foreign language, as a language of teaching and learning for community secondary schools in Tanzania in terms of academic performance. The book probes the necessity for having two languages of instruction in the Tanzanian educational system. While Kiswahili, the native language, is predominantly understood by the majority of people, the discussion in this book indicates that most students in community secondary schools in Tanzania are incompetent in understanding, writing, listening, reading, and speaking English, a language they use in learning and doing their examinations, especially in the early stages of their secondary studies. The incompetence in the above-mentioned skills is mostly caused by their inability to cope with the abrupt transition in the languages of instruction from their pre-primary and primary school study [Kiswahili] to secondary school study [English]. Moreover, most teachers are unable to use the English language as a means to impart knowledge or facilitate learning to their students, leading them to code-switching and code-mixing. This book poses a challenge to countries whose students pass through a transition from one language of instruction to another in their educational systems, helping them to make appropriate decisions in regard to the appropriate language of teaching and learning.

Author : Elizabeth J. Erling,Philip Seargeant
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847699473

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English and Development by Elizabeth J. Erling,Philip Seargeant Pdf

This book investigates the relationship between English and personal and national development in the era of globalization. It addresses the effects that the increased use of English and the promotion of English-language education are having in developmental contexts, and their impact on broader educational issues.

Author : Janina Brutt-Griffler
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853595772

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World English by Janina Brutt-Griffler Pdf

This text traces the history of English language spread from the 18th to the beginning of the 21st century, combining that with a study of its langauge change. It links linguistic and sociolinguistic variables that have conditioned the evolution and change of English, putting forward a new framework of language spread and change.

Author : Nicholas Stern,F. Halsey Rogers,Jean-Jacques Dethier
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262264747

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Growth and Empowerment by Nicholas Stern,F. Halsey Rogers,Jean-Jacques Dethier Pdf

Despite significant gains in promoting economic growth and living conditions (or "human progress") globally over the last twenty-five years, much of the developing world remains plagued by poverty and its attendant problems, including high rates of child mortality, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and war. In Growth and Empowerment, Nicholas Stern, Jean-Jacques Dethier, and F. Halsey Rogers propose a new strategy for development. Drawing on many years of work in development economics—in academia, in the field, and at international institutions such as the World Bank—the authors base their strategy on two interrelated approaches: building a climate that encourages investment and growth and at the same time empowering poor people to participate in that growth. This plan differs from other models for development, including the dogmatic approach of market fundamentalism popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Stern, Dethier, and Rogers see economic development as a dynamic process of continuous change in which entrepreneurship, innovation, flexibility, and mobility are crucial components and the idea of empowerment, as both a goal and a driver of development, is central. The book points to the unique opportunity today—after 50 years of successes and failures, and with a growing body of analytical work to draw on—to pursue new development strategies in both research and action.

Author : Sumit Khandelwal,Pradeep Jawandhia
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 9 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9783656278344

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Challenges and Motivation towards English Language Teaching to Rural Students by Sumit Khandelwal,Pradeep Jawandhia Pdf

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Didactics - English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: None, , language: English, abstract: Student, Especially those in developing countries, have inherited a legacy of discrimination and oppression which manifest in poverty, health issues, violence, limited access to basic needs, resources and employment. The challenges facing students in the areas of economic empowerment, access to land and access to science and technology are still a barrier to own development and it remains a challenge to level the playing fields. As Developing Nations seek to control limited resources toward the goal of achieving a developed status they must reevaluate past practices and explore available and affordable technologies. Where information and communication infrastructures are weak, use of low-cost, easily distributed technologies have proven effective. Still, many developing nations have failed to incorporate a resource in great abundance, to use these new technologies to greatest advantage. English is in India today a symbol of people’s aspiration for quality in education and a fuller participation in national and international life. It is fundamentally essential for Rural Students to learn English from a young age in this rapidly globalizing world. English knowledge will help to open many opportunities for them in the future and it will be invaluable in their future careers. However, teaching English to rural students is not an easy job, but it is also not difficult, if we already know how to do it. Many teaching positions involve teaching Rural Students - a unique experience that is both challenging and fun. The key to teaching English to Rural Students is to understand the principles of language acquisition and apply it in ways that keep Rural Students motivated to learn.

Author : Ineke Buskens,Anne Webb
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848131927

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African Women and ICTs by Ineke Buskens,Anne Webb Pdf

Based on the outcome of an extensive research project, this book features chapters based on original primary field research undertaken by academics & activists who have investigated situations within their own communities & countries.

Author : Caroline Harper,Nicola Jones,Anita Ghimire,Rachel Marcus,Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351718783

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Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries by Caroline Harper,Nicola Jones,Anita Ghimire,Rachel Marcus,Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya Pdf

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315180250, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license Adolescence is a pivotal time in a girl's life. The development of educational, physical, psychosocial, familial, political and economic capabilities enable girls to reach their full potential and contribute to the wellbeing of their families and society. However, progress is still significantly constrained by discriminatory gender norms and the related attitudes and practices which restrict girls’ horizons, restrain their ambition and, if unfettered, allow exploitation and abuse. Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries explores the detrimental impact of discriminatory gender norms on adolescent girls’ lives across very different contexts. Grounded in four years of in-depth research in Ethiopia, Nepal, Uganda and Viet Nam, the book adopts a holistic approach, recognising the inter-related nature of capabilities and the importance of local context. By exploring the theory of gendered norm change, contextualising and examining socialisation processes, the book identifies the patriarchal vested interests in power, authority and moral privilege, which combine in attempts to restrict and control girls’ lives. Throughout the book, Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries demonstrates how efforts to develop more egalitarian gender norms can enable disadvantaged adolescent girls to change the course of their lives and contribute to societal change. Accessible and informative, the book is perfect for policy makers, think tanks, NGOs, activists, academics and students of gender and development studies.

Author : Hywel Coleman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : English language
ISBN : 0863556590

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Dreams and Realities by Hywel Coleman Pdf

Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781107611801

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English as a Global Language by David Crystal Pdf

Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.