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The politics of English language education and social inequality: global pressures, national priorities and schooling in India

In: Education, poverty and international development

Kalyanpur, Maya; Boruah, Padmini Bhuyan; Molina, Sarina Chugani; Shenoy, Sunaina

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"Based on policy analysis and empirical data, this book examines the problematic consequences of colonial legacies of language policies and English language education in the multilingual contexts of the Global South. Using a postcolonial lens, the volume explores the raciolinguistics of language hierarchies that results in students from low-income backgrounds losing their mother tongues without acquiring academic fluency in English. Using findings from five major research projects, the book analyzes the specific context of India, where ambiguous language policies have led to uneasy tensions between the colonial language of English, national and state languages, and students' linguistic diversity is mistaken for cognitive deficits when English is the medium of instruction in schools. The authors situate their own professional and personal experiences in their efforts at dismantling postcolonial structures through reflective practice as teacher educators, and present solutions of decolonial resistance to linguistic hierarchies that include critical pedagogical alternatives to bilingual education and opportunities for increased teacher agency. Ultimately, this timely volume will appeal to researchers, scholars, academics, and students in the fields of international and comparative education, English and literacy studies, and language arts more broadly. Those interested in English language learning in low-income countries specifically will also find this book to be of benefit to their research"--

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The Politics of English Language Education and Social Inequality: Global Pressures, National Priorities and Schooling in India

In: Education, Poverty and International Development Ser.

Kalyanpur, Maya; Bhuyan Boruah, Padmini; Chugani Molina, Sarina; Shenoy, Sunaina

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the authors -- List of figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue: our language stories -- PART I The global context for language policy -- 1 Introducing a postcolonial perspective on language education -- A colonial/postcolonial framework -- Language as a tool of oppression in globalization -- The diminishment of non-world languages -- Socio-economic barriers to the acquisition of the English language -- The structure of the book -- Conclusion -- 2 Language, linguicide and equity: navigating the tension between heritage, national and colonial agendas -- Language vitality, status, and terminology -- National language policies in Pakistan and Bangladesh: issues of linguistic equity -- The Chinese language diaspora in East Asia -- Language challenges in Taiwan and Hong Kong -- Linguicide or the integration of heritage language education? -- PART II The politics and practice of India's language education policies -- 3 Language contestations and the illusions around English in India's Three Language Formula -- English in education: from constitutional provisions to policy -- English as deliverance, English as Indian: competing social and educational goals -- Pedagogic models of English language teaching: ground realities and social disadvantage -- Repositioning English: empowerment agendas and multiliteracy frameworks -- Conclusion -- 4 English language teachers and teacher education: challenging normative linguistic positionings -- The impact of national education policies on language teacher education -- Moving beyond the colonial legacy: alternative pedagogy and curricular models of language education -- Teachers' pedagogy, invisibility, voice, and agency -- Developing teacher agency and pedagogical practice.