TheEnglish-Vernacular Divide : Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice /
Ramanathan, Vaidehi
TheEnglish-Vernacular Divide : Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice / Vaidehi Ramanathan. - 1 online resource (160 p.) - Bilingual Education & Bilingualism .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Situating the Vernacular in a Divisive Postcolonial Landscape -- Chapter 2. Divisive Postcolonial Ideologies, Language Policies and Social Practices -- Chapter 3. Divisive and Divergent Pedagogical Tools for Vernacularand English-medium Students -- Chapter 4. The Divisive Politics of Divergent Pedagogical Practices at College Level -- Chapter 5. The Divisive Politics of Tracking -- Chapter 6. Gulfs and Bridges Revisited: Hybridity, Nativization and Other Loose Ends -- Afterword: Some Personal Notes -- Appendix 1: Details of Research Data -- Appendix 2: Some Historical Dates Marking the Enforcement of Particular Educational Policies -- Appendix 3: Divergent Minimal Levels of Learning (MLLs) for VM and EM Students -- Appendix 4: Examples from Curricula and Examination Papers -- References -- Index
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This book offers a critical exploration of the role of English in postcolonial communities such as India. Specifically, it focuses on some local ways in which the language falls along the lines of a class-based divide (with ancillary ones of gender and caste as well). The book argues that issues of inequality, subordination and unequal value seem to revolve directly around the general positioning of English in relation to vernacular languages. The author was raised and schooled in the Indian educational system.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781853597701 9781853597718
10.21832/9781853597718 doi
2004002831
English language--Political aspects--Commonwealth countries.
English language--Social aspects--Commonwealth countries.
English language--Variation--Commonwealth countries.
English language--Commonwealth countries.
Languages in contact--Commonwealth countries.
Postcolonialism--Commonwealth countries.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
PE2751 / .R36 2005 PE2751 / .R36 2005eb
420/.9171241
TheEnglish-Vernacular Divide : Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice / Vaidehi Ramanathan. - 1 online resource (160 p.) - Bilingual Education & Bilingualism .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Situating the Vernacular in a Divisive Postcolonial Landscape -- Chapter 2. Divisive Postcolonial Ideologies, Language Policies and Social Practices -- Chapter 3. Divisive and Divergent Pedagogical Tools for Vernacularand English-medium Students -- Chapter 4. The Divisive Politics of Divergent Pedagogical Practices at College Level -- Chapter 5. The Divisive Politics of Tracking -- Chapter 6. Gulfs and Bridges Revisited: Hybridity, Nativization and Other Loose Ends -- Afterword: Some Personal Notes -- Appendix 1: Details of Research Data -- Appendix 2: Some Historical Dates Marking the Enforcement of Particular Educational Policies -- Appendix 3: Divergent Minimal Levels of Learning (MLLs) for VM and EM Students -- Appendix 4: Examples from Curricula and Examination Papers -- References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book offers a critical exploration of the role of English in postcolonial communities such as India. Specifically, it focuses on some local ways in which the language falls along the lines of a class-based divide (with ancillary ones of gender and caste as well). The book argues that issues of inequality, subordination and unequal value seem to revolve directly around the general positioning of English in relation to vernacular languages. The author was raised and schooled in the Indian educational system.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781853597701 9781853597718
10.21832/9781853597718 doi
2004002831
English language--Political aspects--Commonwealth countries.
English language--Social aspects--Commonwealth countries.
English language--Variation--Commonwealth countries.
English language--Commonwealth countries.
Languages in contact--Commonwealth countries.
Postcolonialism--Commonwealth countries.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
PE2751 / .R36 2005 PE2751 / .R36 2005eb
420/.9171241