English Language as Hydra: Its Impacts on Non-English Language CulturesVaughan Rapatahana, Pauline Bunce Multilingual Matters, 22 iun. 2012 - 320 pagini 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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... Asia and in Asian parts of Australia. As a Malay speaker, there are times when I feel almost Asian, and there are other times when I struggle to be fully Australian. I'm now teaching English to adolescent new arrivals and refugees in an ...
... Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University, USA; Chair Professor Emeritus of English, Humanities and Translation and former Director of General Education, Lingnan University, Hong Kong. My name is Eugene Chen Eoyang, and I learned ...
... Asia for more than three decades, I have returned to my mother tongue, to write in it, and I made a conscious decision to stop writing poetry (my main and most intimate genre) in English. Now I am in the process of digging into the ...
... Asian and Pacific countries, Africa, and Latin America to spell out what is happening and to justify why the Hydra monster image faithfully captures an alarming set of professional crimes. The depth and detail of the descriptions make ...
... Asian countries (Widin, 2010) describes in detail how unethical and deeply immoral the schemes are, since, in reality, they serve Australian interests and definitely not those of the recipients. The Hong Kong chapter digs deeply into ...
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English Language as Hydra: Its Impacts on Non-English Language Cultures Vaughan Rapatahana,Pauline Bunce Previzualizare limitată - 2012 |
English Language as Hydra: Its Impacts on Non-English Language Cultures Vaughan Rapatahana,Pauline Bunce Previzualizare limitată - 2012 |