English Linguistic Imperialism From Below

Author : Leya Mathew
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781788929165

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English Linguistic Imperialism from Below by Leya Mathew Pdf

Imperialism may be over, but the political, economic and cultural subjugation of social life through English has only intensified. This book demonstrates how English has been newly constituted as a dominant language in post-market reform India through the fervent aspirations of non-elites and the zealous reforms of English Language Teaching experts. The most recent spread of English in India has been through low-fee private schools, which are perceived as dubious yet efficient. The book is an ethnography of mothering at one such low-fee private school and its neighboring state-funded school. It demonstrates that political economic transitions, experienced as radical social mobility, fuelled intense desire for English schooling. Rather than English schooling leading to social mobility, new experiences of mobility necessitated English schooling. At the same time, experts have responded to the unanticipated spread of English by transforming it from a second language to a first language, and earlier hierarchies have been produced anew as access to English democratized.

Author : Eva-Maria Kaufmann
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-31
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783656432609

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The Spread of English in the World by Eva-Maria Kaufmann Pdf

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: Distinction, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (EDUCATION COMMUNICATIONS AND LANGUAGE SCIENCES), course: Sociolinguistics, language: English, abstract: The massive increase of English speakers around the world who speak it at all different levels of proficiency, for any variety of purposes and with (other) non-native speakers has sparked some concerns and controversies. Some are concerned that its wide spread and the emergence and institutionalisation of new ‘Englishes’ will lead to a language fragmentation that could ultimately result in mutual unintelligibility. The question of who holds authority over English today is causing heated discussions. Teaching practices for English as a foreign language are yet another contentious subject. For the most part, English teaching is still oriented towards British or North American varieties, and a learner’s proficiency is measured in relation to those norms. Some, however, demand that English teaching practices take into account that usage situations and requirements for English have changed, and that teachers prepare students for international communication rather than communication with Americans or British. The issue with perhaps the greatest political significance is that of linguistic imperialism. As English, particularly the ‘prestige varieties’ British and American, are being taught to more and more people across the world, some have voiced their concern that this “compromises the cultural integrity of the non-native speaker”. There is a fear that English might suppress or even replace local languages and be used as a tool to spread Anglo-American cultural hegemony. This essay gives first a rough overview over who speaks English in the world today. It then briefly discusses some of the attempts by scholars to categorise this immense number of ddifferent people, focusing particularly on Kachru’s model of the spread of English. It addresses some of the factors that lead to the emergence of new varieties of English, describing Nigerian English and China English in more detail by way of an example. Linguistic imperialism is discussed subsequently as one particularly controversial issue relating to the rise of English to one of the world’s most predominant languages.

Author : Robert Phillipson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0195693094

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Linguistic Imperialism by Robert Phillipson Pdf

Author : Kris Aric Knisely,Eric Louis Russell
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781800415119

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Redoing Linguistic Worlds by Kris Aric Knisely,Eric Louis Russell Pdf

Language and gender are interconnected, social and relational acts through which we constantly remake our worlds. But what happens when our ways of doing gender cannot be neatly categorized into traditional binary systems, including not only the social groupings of roles, practices and identities, but also the forms and structures through which we do language? This book brings together a broad range of scholars to explore the undoing and redoing of gender binaries in non-Anglophone communities and contexts, in and through their linguistic and social reimaginings. Each of the contributions to this book reflects on this ongoing change and its place in our everyday lives, including the ways that its outcomes are both contested and fluid. This volume represents an important step in scholarship in language and gender, one that stands to inform a public increasingly aware of these remakings and one that calls on all of us to stand in the tensions of our own humanity and look through it for how our languaging might ‘do’ imaginary worlds that are more equitable, more connected, and more just for us all.

Author : Robert Phillipson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135155308

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Linguistic Imperialism Continued by Robert Phillipson Pdf

This volume brings together key writings since the 1992 publication of Linguistic Imperialism – Robert Phillipson’s controversial benchmark volume, which triggered a major re-thinking of the English teaching profession by connecting the field to wider political and economic forces. Analyzing how the global dominance of English in all domains of power is maintained, legitimized and persists in the twenty-first century, Linguistic Imperialism Continued reflects and contributes in important ways to understanding these developments. This book is not for sale in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan.

Author : Hansun Zhang Waring,Nadja Tadic
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781800415416

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Critical Conversation Analysis by Hansun Zhang Waring,Nadja Tadic Pdf

This book presents the first collection of conversation analytic studies addressed exclusively to issues of inequality and injustice. It offers a broad depiction of how inequality and injustice are reproduced, resisted and transformed in our daily life; together the chapters produce a forensic analysis of how participants enact discriminatory ideologies, negotiate systemic power imbalances, and pursue social change in and through the nuances of their interactions. The authors draw on audio and video recordings of interaction in a wide range of social settings, ranging from classrooms to family dinners, and political town halls to television sitcoms. The book demonstrates the power of conversation analysis to tackle issues of social (in)justice and (in)equality and launches critical conversation analysis as a distinct empirical program dedicated to systematically investigating and promoting inclusion and equity in the minute details of everyday interaction.

Author : Robert Phillipson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0194371468

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Linguistic Imperialism by Robert Phillipson Pdf

This study explores the contemporary phenomenon of English as an international language, and sets out to analyze how and why the language has become so dominant. It examines the historical spread of the language, the role it plays in Third World countries, and the ideologies it transmits.

Author : Julia Gspandl,Christina Korb,Angelika Heiling,Elizabeth J. Erling
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781800412057

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The Power of Voice in Transforming Multilingual Societies by Julia Gspandl,Christina Korb,Angelika Heiling,Elizabeth J. Erling Pdf

This volume aims to capture evidence of marginalized voices in various contexts globally and show how speakers seek to reclaim their voices and challenge power relations. The chapters reveal how speakers actively confront inequities in society such as the unequal distribution of resources. Through bottom-up initiatives and conscious involvement in language use, documentation and the development of language domains, speakers can address issues of language-based marginalization, (re)establish linguistic human rights and reclaim their linguistic and cultural identity. Chapters in the volume explore commitments to democratic participation, to voice, to the heterogeneity of linguistic resources and to the political value of sociolinguistic understanding. Drawing upon the framework of linguistic citizenship, they link questions of language to sociopolitical discourses of justice, rights and equity, as well as to issues of power and access within a political and democratic framework.

Author : A. Suresh Canagarajah
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1999-08-26
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0194421546

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Resisting Linguistic Imperialism in English Teaching by A. Suresh Canagarajah Pdf

This book describes the creative strategies employed by teachers and students in periphery communities in order to use the English language in a manner that suits their needs while subtly resisting the linguistic imperialism that many scholars have identified as the consequence of the global ELT enterprise. After developing trends and ideas from those oppositional strategies, the book goes on to outline elements of a critical pedagogy suitable for ELT in formerly colonized communities. As the English language continues to spread globally, this book will be essential reading for English teachers and applied linguists wishing to understand the ideological challenges in the periphery. Curriculum planners and policy makers will also find it a necessary aid to exploring the pedagogical alternatives.

Author : Manuel Diaz-Campos
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781444393439

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The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics by Manuel Diaz-Campos Pdf

This Handbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and descriptive research in contemporary Hispanic sociolinguistics. Offers the first authoritative collection exploring research strands in the emerging and fast-moving field of Spanish sociolinguistics Highlights the contributions that Spanish Sociolinguistics has offered to general linguistic theory Brings together a team of the top researchers in the field to present the very latest perspectives and discussions of key issues Covers a wealth of topics including: variationist approaches, Spanish and its importance in the U.S., language planning, and other topics focused on the social aspects of Spanish Includes several varieties of Spanish, reflecting the rich diversity of dialects spoken in the Americas and Spain

Author : John E. Joseph
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780748626977

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Language and Politics by John E. Joseph Pdf

Language, this book argues, is political from top to bottom, whether considered at the level of an individual speaker's choice of language or style of discourse with others (where interpersonal politics are performed), or at the level of political rhetoric, or indeed all the way up to the formation of national languages. By bringing together this set of topics and highlighting how they are interrelated, the book will function well as a textbook on any applied or sociolinguistic course in which some or all of these various aspects of the politics of language are covered.

Author : Lee McCallum
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811921520

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English Language Teaching by Lee McCallum Pdf

This book provides an overview of current trends and practices in English Language Teaching (ELT) across the European Union. It offers insights into key ELT issues which are at the forefront of twenty-first-century classrooms. It discusses theoretical and empirical work based on topics such as linguistic imperialism, English as a Medium of Instruction, contrastive language analysis, and the interplay between English and the use of countries’ respective native languages. It also explores the challenges of English Language Teaching under different circumstances such as, while using different technological platforms, working with different learner groups (those with Special Educational Needs) and revising traditional practices in grammar and vocabulary teaching. Throughout the book, the link between policy, theory and practice is explicitly highlighted and exemplified. The book is of interest to ELT instructors, course designers, language teachers and teacher trainers, and students enrolled in pre-service English training courses.

Author : Alan Davies,Catherine Elder
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 888 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780470756751

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The Handbook of Applied Linguistics by Alan Davies,Catherine Elder Pdf

The Handbook of Applied Linguistics is a collection of newly commissioned articles that provide a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the field of Applied Linguistics. Provides a comprehensive and current picture of the field of Applied Linguistics. Contains 32 newly commissioned articles that examine both the applications of linguistics to language data and the use of real world language to ameliorate social problems. Valuable resource for students and researchers in applied linguistics, language teaching, and second language acquisition. Presents applied linguistics as an independent discipline that unifies practical experience and theoretical understanding of language development and language in use.

Author : Markku Filppula,Juhani Klemola,Devyani Sharma
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199777785

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The Oxford Handbook of World Englishes by Markku Filppula,Juhani Klemola,Devyani Sharma Pdf

As the most widely documented language in human history, English holds a unique key to unlocking some of the mysteries of the uniquely human endowment of language. Yet the field of World Englishes has remained somewhat marginal in linguistic theory. This collection heralds a more direct and mutually constructive engagement with current linguistic theories, questions, and methodologies. It achieves this through areal overviews, theoretical chapters, and case studies. The 36 articles are divided between four themes: Foundations, World Englishes and Linguistic Theory, Areal Profiles, and Case Studies. Part I sets out the complex history of the global spread of English. This is followed, in Part II, by chapters addressing the mutual relevance and importance of World Englishes and numerous theoretical subfields of Linguistics. Part III offers detailed accounts of the structure and social histories of specific varieties of English spoken across the globe, highlighting points of theoretical interest. The collection closes with a set of case studies that exemplify the type of analysis encouraged by the volume. As attention is focused on innovative work at the interface of dialect description and theoretical explanation, the book is more succinct in its treatment of applied themes, which are given complementary coverage in other works.

Author : Peter Mayo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1444324012

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Gramsci and Educational Thought by Peter Mayo Pdf

Through a series of writings from international scholars,Gramsci and Educational Thought pays tribute to theeducational influence of Antonio Gramsci, considered one of thegreatest social thinkers and political theorists of the 20thcentury. Represents sound social theory and a broad application andreinvention of Gramsci’s ideas Covers important areas such as language and education,community education, and social work education Features perspectives from different geographical contexts