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English Language as Hydra : Its Impacts on Non-English Language Cultures / ed. by Vaughan Rapatahana, Pauline Bunce.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Linguistic Diversity and Language RightsPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781847697509
  • 9781847697516
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.44
LOC classification:
  • P130.52.P16 E54 2012
  • P130.52.P16 E54 2012
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor’s Note -- The Genesis of this Book -- Foreword -- Introduction: English Language as Thief -- 1. The Challenge – Ndaraca ya Thiomi: Languages as Bridges -- 2. English Language as Bully in the Republic of Nauru -- 3. Out of Sight, Out of Mind… and Out of Line: Language Education in the Australian Indian Ocean Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands -- 4. English Language as Juggernaut – Aboriginal English and Indigenous Languages in Australia -- 5. English Language as Nemesis for Ma¯ori -- 6. A Personal Reflection: New Zealand Māori and English -- 7. The Malchemy of English in Sri Lanka: Reinforcing Inequality through Imposing Extra-Linguistic Value -- 8. English Language as Governess: Expatriate English Teaching Schemes in Hong Kong -- 9. English Language as Auntie: Of ‘Good Intentions’ and a Pedagogy of Possibilities – ELT in the Philippines and its Effects on Children’s Literacy Development -- 10. It’s Not Always English: ‘Duelling Aunties’ in Brunei Darussalam -- 11. English Language as Siren Song: Hope and Hazard in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- 12. English Language as Border-Crossing: Longing and Belonging in the South Korean Experience -- 13. English and Mandarin in Singapore: Partners in Crime? -- 14. English Language as Intruder: The Effects of English Language Education in Colombia and South America – a Critical Perspective -- Afterword: Could Heracles Have Gone About Things Differently? -- Coda: One Colonial Language: One Great Tragic Epic. 263 English in Malaysia and Beyond
Summary: In far too many places, the worldwide trade in English-language teaching, testing and publishing has become a self-perpetuating, self-congratulating, neocolonial monster … a veritable multi-headed Hydra. Too often the English language industry aggressively promotes itself as some sort of “uplifting”, “essential”, “proper” or even “better” means of communication than any other language. Unfortunately, its relentless global outreach is taking place at the direct expense, and the active denigration, of local and regional languages – not to mention individual identities. English Language as Hydra brings together the voices of linguists, literary figures and teaching professionals in a wide-ranging exposé of this monstrous Hydra in action on four continents. It provides a showcase of the diverse and powerful impacts that this ever-evolving, gluttonous beast has had on so many non-English language cultures - as well as the surreptitious, drug-like ways in which it can infiltrate individual psyches.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor’s Note -- The Genesis of this Book -- Foreword -- Introduction: English Language as Thief -- 1. The Challenge – Ndaraca ya Thiomi: Languages as Bridges -- 2. English Language as Bully in the Republic of Nauru -- 3. Out of Sight, Out of Mind… and Out of Line: Language Education in the Australian Indian Ocean Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands -- 4. English Language as Juggernaut – Aboriginal English and Indigenous Languages in Australia -- 5. English Language as Nemesis for Ma¯ori -- 6. A Personal Reflection: New Zealand Māori and English -- 7. The Malchemy of English in Sri Lanka: Reinforcing Inequality through Imposing Extra-Linguistic Value -- 8. English Language as Governess: Expatriate English Teaching Schemes in Hong Kong -- 9. English Language as Auntie: Of ‘Good Intentions’ and a Pedagogy of Possibilities – ELT in the Philippines and its Effects on Children’s Literacy Development -- 10. It’s Not Always English: ‘Duelling Aunties’ in Brunei Darussalam -- 11. English Language as Siren Song: Hope and Hazard in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- 12. English Language as Border-Crossing: Longing and Belonging in the South Korean Experience -- 13. English and Mandarin in Singapore: Partners in Crime? -- 14. English Language as Intruder: The Effects of English Language Education in Colombia and South America – a Critical Perspective -- Afterword: Could Heracles Have Gone About Things Differently? -- Coda: One Colonial Language: One Great Tragic Epic. 263 English in Malaysia and Beyond

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In far too many places, the worldwide trade in English-language teaching, testing and publishing has become a self-perpetuating, self-congratulating, neocolonial monster … a veritable multi-headed Hydra. Too often the English language industry aggressively promotes itself as some sort of “uplifting”, “essential”, “proper” or even “better” means of communication than any other language. Unfortunately, its relentless global outreach is taking place at the direct expense, and the active denigration, of local and regional languages – not to mention individual identities. English Language as Hydra brings together the voices of linguists, literary figures and teaching professionals in a wide-ranging exposé of this monstrous Hydra in action on four continents. It provides a showcase of the diverse and powerful impacts that this ever-evolving, gluttonous beast has had on so many non-English language cultures - as well as the surreptitious, drug-like ways in which it can infiltrate individual psyches.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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